Reply #21: Thank You For A Job Well Done

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As a reward for doing his job well, for upholding and defending the Constitution and the rule of law, and for diligently representing his client, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift has been denied promotion by the US Navy, effectively ending his career in the military.

I just wanted to take a moment to say "Job well done, and thank you." Integrity isn't a medal that you get to pin all shiny on your chest, but it is something that Mr. Swift has in spades. And I salute him for it. Bravo.

It cannot have been easy to challenge the military tribunal system and our entire detainee process at Guantanamo and elsewhere within the context of the Bush Administration's current environment in the Pentagon, the DoJ and the assault on the rule of law — but he did the work on the Hamdan case, and did it well, and ought to be commended for it.

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