Gitmo Terrorist Lawyers Endorse Obama

Posted on January 29, 2008

From the one group of lawyers possibly more dangerous than the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, we get this news!

More than 80 attorneys who have been offering free-of-charge legal services to GuantÃ¡namo detainees issued a statement Monday supporting Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential bid.

”We are at a critical point in the presidential campaign, and as lawyers who have been deeply involved in the GuantÃ¡namo litigation to preserve the important right to habeas corpus, we are writing to urge you to support Senator Obama,” the lawyers said in an open letter dated Monday.

I’m sure that liberals are delighted with this endorsement. Obama’s non-flag saluting campaign is on fire!

Hat tip: JYB, who’s been doing a lot of good research on the CCR.

Obama has gone further than many. In November, he pledged to both close the prison camps and ”restore habeas corpus,” a position that Democratic rival John Edwards has also staked out.

Hillary Clinton, likewise, has said from the U.S. Senate that she favors closure. But she has not prominently included pledges to do it in her campaign speeches.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney, in contrast, has advocated doubling the detention center — which today holds about 275 foreign men as enemy combatants and cell space for more than 1,500.

I think this speaks volumes. Here is the entire list.

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2 Responses to “Gitmo Terrorist Lawyers Endorse Obama”

Two Dogs on January 29th, 2008 10:45 pm

Well, I guess that they think it is time to bring the base voters of the Democrats back into the fold.

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Mike jay on February 5th, 2008 8:39 am

Thats one Terrorist under god. Helping another terrorists!