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Admin Drops Bid to Control JAGs
From Charlie Savage at The Boston Globe:
The Bush administration is dropping a plan to take control over the promotions of military lawyers, following an outpouring of alarm over the independence of uniformed attorneys who have repeatedly objected to the White House's policies toward prisoners in the war on terrorism.Under the proposal, first reported by the Globe on Saturday, politically appointed lawyers in the Pentagon would have gained the power to veto the appointment or promotion of any member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, the military's 4,000-member uniformed legal officers group.
Update: The bad link has been fixed.
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Comments (7)
chisholm wrote on December 19, 2007 5:35 PM:PK--wrong link.
Carolyn wrote on December 19, 2007 5:53 PM:Too bad it got public exposure. Huh. Ruined yet another super "set America enslaved...er, free" plan.
phil james wrote on December 19, 2007 6:06 PM:What they can't force through the front door they will slide theough the back door. Promotion criteria will be promulgated further down the chain of command. Pressure will be applied at the appropriate points to assure the desired outcome.
chisholm wrote on December 19, 2007 6:12 PM:Phil--Totally. if you read the article (PK has linked to the wrong one) the Bushpig in charge says clearly the goal remains the same but will have to be achieved in a different way. Time to hit the Total Information Awareness playbook on stealthing it in.
parrot wrote on December 20, 2007 1:32 AM:Dang. And I was so looking forward to having the Party decide on who gets promoted in the military judicial system.
KilgoreTrout XL wrote on December 20, 2007 9:46 AM:That article says that the admin is still "pushing" the proposal, and I can't find anything on Boston.com saying that they've dropped it.
NitPicker1 wrote on December 20, 2007 10:39 AM:Here's a link to the *correct* source article, dated Dec 19:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/12/19/military_lawyers_stay_unbridled/
(Found it by searching for "Charlie Savage" on the site)