Pentagon Disavows Comment on Detainees

I can't even believe that the comments that are being disavowed were ever made by a government official in THIS country in the first place! Wait a minute... yes I can.

Pentagon Disavows Comment on Detainees

Here is a link to the audio of the interview:
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/emedia/59677.wma

If this doesn't leave you incredulous or make you angry... I don't know if anything about what is going on in our world today will. At least the Pentagon is disavowing his comments.

Here are some quotes from what Cully Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs had to say in this interview:

"Actually you know I think the news story that you're really going to start seeing in the next couple of weeks is this: As a result of a FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] request through a major news organization, somebody asked, 'Who are the lawyers around this country representing detainees down there,' and you know what, it's shocking,"

He then names off a list of firms who are representing the Guantanamo detainees.

Afterwards he says:

"I think, quite honestly, when corporate CEOs see that those firms are representing the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001, those CEOs are going to make those law firms choose between representing terrorists or representing reputable firms, and I think that is going to have major play in the next few weeks. And we want to watch that play out."

When asked where the lawyers were getting their funding he responded:

"It's not clear, is it? Some will maintain that they are doing it out of the goodness of their heart, that they're doing it pro bono, and I suspect they are; others are receiving monies from who knows where, and I'd be curious to have them explain that."

About Guantanamo he described it as: "certainly, probably the most transparent and open location in the world"

When commenting on protests regarding Guantanamo, he described the "small little protests around the world" that were "orchestrated by a small group of folks, and they're really quite minor - the media play is much more the actual protests" "my understanding is that it is being drummed up by Amnesty International, and they're trying to get their loyal ardent followers to show up at various locations around the country, my understanding is that these are, you know, a couple dozen here, a couple dozen folks there, but, you know, this is not a popular subject and so the, certainly the left-leaning press will make it look like the Million-Man March."

Listen to the interview here.