Slog - Comments on Rock Star JAG http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag Just back from sneaking into a guest lecture by Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift—the Navy lawyer who defended Guantanamo Bay inmate Salim Ahmed Hamdan—at the Seattle University law school. Dude is pretty much a rock star, even though, through the military's up or out promotion system, he'll be out of a job come this spring. (He told me he plans on retiring in March or April and is still in the process of hunting for a new job.) Speaking before a room of (mostly) swooning law students, Swift gave a rambling yet tidy speech that mixed historical allusions, legal philosophizing and... Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:15:27 -0800 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:44:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Charles he's a great example of what a principled person looks like.

]]> Charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485132 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:42:39 -0800 Comment by Napoleon XIV Charles wrote:

"he's a great example of what a principled person looks like."

Tap his phone!

]]> Napoleon XIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485381 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:53:32 -0800 Comment by Charles yeah he soooooooo didn't make friends with the bush minions when he actually gave bin laden's driver an actual defense. passed over for promotions, etc. but dude, that guy could probably run for president.

]]> Charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/rock_star_jag#c485426 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:44:22 -0800