Psyche, Science, and Society

One small victory for human rights

February 2nd, 2007

Charles ‘Stimson, the Defense Department official who threatened attorneys for the Guantanamo detainees

[''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,'']

resigned today:

timson said he was leaving because of the controversy over a radio interview in which he said he found it shocking that lawyers at many of the nation’s top law firms represent detainees held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

One down, thousands to go.

Entry Filed under: Constitutional Law, Guantanamo, International Law, Law, Terrorism, Torture