Fired US Attorney To Prosecute Gitmo Cases

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Fired US Attorney To Prosecute Gitmo Cases
By Zachary Roth - January 21, 2009, 11:25AM

David Iglesias -- the former US Attorney who was fired in 2006 for failing to prosecute politically motivated cases as aggressively as the Bush administration and its allies wanted -- has a new job.

Iglesias, a member of the US Naval Reserve JAG corps, has been reactivated as part of a special prosecution team for Guantanamo detainees, he told a New Mexico news station this morning. http://www.krqe.com/dpp/video/interviews/interviews_krq...

"One hundred percent of what I'm doing is prosecuting terrorist cases out of Guantanamo," he said.

Igleisas explained that he had already begun the work, having travelled to the facility once, and expecting to go back.

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Wow!

things are starting to move!

[CatWoman]

2. bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Revenge is like a dish served cold

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[DS1]

3. The Poseidon is getting righted, and we still have Borgnine!

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Good, because Shelly Winters was slowing us down...

[SharonRB]

5. Now that's what I call Karma.

Good for him!

[JaneQPublic]

14. Best Karma since Gen Shinseki's new job (nt)

[Lochloosa]

6. Interesting comment from him

Igleisas explained that he had already begun the work, having travelled to the facility once, and expecting to go back.

So did bush reinstate him at the request of President Obama? On Edit: Damn it felt good typing that. President Obama.

[autorank]

7. roflmao k*r

Oh, he's not pissed off at all.

What a beautiful irony and strong message. Rokken!

[Jefferson23]

8. Ha ha, I love it, K&R

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. If he is happy doing that, I am happy for him.

Now, what we are really waiting for is this:
alabama's USA under Bush reportedly has said she will not step down when Obama becomes Pres.
Cany ou imagine?

[elleng]

12. Will be interesting to see how that works,

as much of what they do has to be approved at headquarters!

[NoSheep]

10. Oh man! I Love it Love it Love it!

[Generator]

11. Cool

LBN is like opposite day. Everything is turned around. I'm not sure I can handle the dizziness. This morning Bush was really like fucking gone! Totally gone. Gone baby GONE! Now it's coming. The tears. The nightmare is over. I thought it really could never end.

[Winterblues]

13. There will be no Prosecutions for at least 120 days

One of Obama's first directives.

[Tatiana]

15. Somebody pinch me. Is this all real? n/t

[Zhade]

16. NICE.

Fuck you, b*s*!

[Cybergata]

17. Iglesias has always shown himself to be an honorable human,

so I'm glad he was given the job. I trust him to be fair to those whose have endured the injustices placed upon them. Well, there is the feeling of joy because we are all thumbing our noses at the worst president the U.S. has ever had.

As a life long New Mexican, I was so pleased that David spoke up about his unjust termination. I thank him for showing just how low our previous Senator and Representative of our state would go to be remain in power. We are an TRUE BLUE state now!

[The Doctor.]

18. There's a place for integrity in the Government again.

God I hope they haul Rove et. all before a jury.