Red State Renegade

The administration was right all along! These guys are scofflaws!

You have to check this out! Lawyers for accused terrorists at Guantanamo bay have for years been trying to get the U.S. government to provide evidence against their clients.

Now a new development threatens not just the alleged terrorists, but their lawyers too!

Commanders at the base have written to the lawyers, accusing the inmates of wearing contraband speedos and vowing to determine and punish whoever is behind the illegal smuggling operation:

“Your client Shaker Aamer, detainee ISN 239, was recently discovered to be wearing Under Armor briefs and a Speedo bathing suit. Neither item was issued to the detainee by JTF-Guantanamo personnel, nor did they enter the camp through regular mail.”

…We are investigating this matter to determine the origins of the above contraband and ensure that parties who may have been involved understand the seriousness of the transgression.”

I love the line about ‘briefs’ in the response back to the judge:

“I hope you understand my frustration at yet another unfounded accusation against lawyers who are simply trying to do their job – a job that involves legal briefs, not the other sort.”

On the implication that he was involved in the smuggling operation, he added:

“I cannot imagine who would want to give my client Speedos or why. Mr Aamer is hardly in a position to go swimming, since the only available water is the toilet in his cell.”