The men and women I'd like to thank for their service to the nation are the military attorneys who have put up a valiant fight to support the rule of law in the face of command influence from the Commander-in-Chief on down.
This extends from the Secretary of Defense (Donald Rumsfeld et. al.) down the line to the convening authority of the military tribunals at Guantanamo.
These are the folks who want to find every prisoner at Guantanamo guilty of being an 'enemy combatant' whether they were or not.
The article below profiles one of the military heroes who has made it his business to throw a monkey wrench into the military's kangaroo court works.
Do they have medals for legal service above and beyond the call of duty? They should. It is about as self-sacrificing a thing to do in terms of one's career as falling on a live grenade to protect your fellow-soldier, or in this case, your country, from blowing itself up.
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