A key behind-the-scenes architect of the Bush administration’s first version of the military commissions for terrorism suspects — which the Supreme Court found to unconstitutionally restrict the legal rights of detainees — will take a central Pentagon position dealing with detainee policy for the Obama administration.
William Lietzau, a Marine More…
I asked a particularly wise Pentagon official what he made of Phil Carter and Craig Mullaney, the former Army captains and prospective new deputy assistant secretaries of defense for detainee policy and South Asia, respectively.
The answer? Pretty rapturous.
It’s a sign that the administration is getting moving making
Let’s take one more stab at interpreting the prospective arrival of Phil Carter and Craig Mullaney to the Pentagon. I mentioned that Carter and Mullaney are, respectively, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. But that really doesn’t capture the total significance of their entry into civilian government service. And that’s this: More…
A couple of months ago, as part of my counterinsurgency series, I pointed out that an impressive number of women were in positions of leadership in the emergent defense field. What continues to be impressive is that a lot of them have gone into the Obama administration. Michele Flournoy, More…
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