Posted on 08/03/2010 11:20:09 AM PDT by Nachum
(CNSNews.com) – Neal Katyal, who became the acting U.S. solicitor general when Elena Kagan was nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, previously served as the legal counsel of record for the man who worked as Osama bin Laden’s driver from February 1996 through November 2001.
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who underwent training at an al Qaeda camp, was charged with transporting weapons to al Qaeda operatives.
The Hamden case culminated in the 2006 Supreme Court ruling that said the Bush administration’s military tribunals violated U.S. law and international conventions.
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The list, ping
judge obama by the company he keeps...yes sir..he got that right.
They always say “driver” because it sounds better than “bodyguard”.
Was there no willing and able candidate for Solicitor General who wasn’t involved first hand with Al Qaeda?
If Kagan had any honor she'd withdraw from the nomination now and fire this puke.
My guess is AZ was getting too close to the main access route for AlQaida operatives to get into the US.
Ha, ha, more likely New Mexico where Governor Bill Richardson keeps things open for his deeply tanned brethren.
Maybe Bill even knows there are AlQaida slipping in ~ not just Mexicans and Bolivians.
Could explain some of the strange stuff he's gotten involved in over the years.
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