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Think you've had tough assignments? Meet Lt Col Dwight Sullivan - an interesting choice for a tough job. In fact, this could get very interesting:
Do you think this might reduce claims of biased military tribunals?The Pentagon's new chief defense counsel for the Guantᮡmo Bay, Cuba, war-crimes trials is a Marine reservist called to active duty from a six-year stint at the American Civil Liberties Union.And some colleagues expect a feisty Marine Lt. Col. Dwight Sullivan, in his 40s, to preside over a Pentagon defense team that is sworn to defend suspected terrorists and has vowed to challenge the Bush administration's military tribunals before the U.S. Supreme Court.
...as managing attorney of the ACLU's Baltimore office, he has litigated in civilian courts and worked on a gamut of civil-liberties issues -- including gay rights, police brutality, and the Ku Klux Klan's right to take part in an adopt-a-highway program.
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Sullivan got his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1986. His first 10 years as a lawyer were as an active-duty Marine Corps officer, including a year as a trial counsel in Okinawa, Japan.
Update: FYI - Senate approval not required. I'm waiting to see the Left's response on this, if there is one. I'm not sure how this will fit their current Guantanamo narrative, but there's got to be a way...