Why did Phil Carter leave the Pentagon?
Phil Carter, the “deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy.” Sort of a junior Gitmo Czar, if you want to put it that way. He was a bigtime critic of President Bush’s policies vis a vis GWOT prisoners, went to work for the Obama administration, and now…
…now he’s resigned. Why? The world nation people blogosphere wants to know!
Was it, as he told everyone, so he could spend more time with his family?
Or was he actually forced out by an Administration fearful of any possible link to…
…Jimmy Carter?
Note: I have no real idea who Phil Carter is. Before seeing this story on Memeorandum, I’d never heard of him. I didn’t know there was any such thing as a “deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy, handling porcupine-thorny issues like Guantanamo,” nor would I ever have guessed it. I would never, ever have known the name of any person filling any such post, and would not normally care.
But, this is the blogosphere. I am a blogger. Thus, I am forced – forced - to enter the speculatory fray.
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