Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees
WASHINGTON – The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation’s top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and that the firms’ corporate clients should consider ending their business…
By Neil A. Lewis, New York Times …
There are superficial similarities to the Spocko case discussed in a previous posting: both are responding to activities which they deem harmful to society at large. Both advocate boycotts as a method of action against the “offending” parties. Those following the tone of political discourse for the past 10+ years (and especially since 9/11) know what the obvious neocon response would be:
