David Shuster just asked me to do him a favor:
UPDATE: This has become a recommended diary! I've never had that happen before. THANK YOU ALL!
UPDATE #2: For a recap of what this is all about, here's a quick one:
UPDATE #3: He will be on Common Sense Radio, streamed live HERE, at 7:35 pm ET!
UPDATE #4: I've summarized each link, due to popular demand. Yes, I do take requests. Wink.
Major Barry Wingard: Major Barry D. Wingard, Jr.: Judge Advocate General (JAG), Public Defender (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Office of General Counsel, Guantanamo Bay, Defense Attorney, and so much more. His stellar resume gleams with awards and decorations as a result of 25 years of service in the U.S. military. He has prosecuted more than 100 cases in Baghdad, and has also investigated crimes in Bosnia.
He represents:
Fayiz al-Kandari: Kuwaiti detainee at Gitmo. He studied law in the United Arab Emirates and is from a well-to-do family, has a long history of doing charity work, and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has consistently maintained his innocence (he was on a charity mission and was sold into custody, not nabbed on the battlefield). He's been imprisoned and abused for the past 7+ years.
Follow the links for more. Here's the videoof Major Wingard's interview by David Shuster:
Please help spread the word. We will interview "live" at 4:30pm eastern General Barry Wingard.
It's the least I can do. See? Even little bloggers like us have a voice. Thank you, David Shuster, for allowing us to be heard.
There you go, Major Wingard. One down... Love, Me
My Convo with a Gitmo Detainee Lawyer: "I’ve given up on American media." This sums up Fayiz's story and explains his lawyer's disillusionment with the American press. They virtually ignored him.
Part 2-- Gitmo Detainee: "Obama has perhaps broken the spirit of the detainees in a way the former administration could never. Fayiz got his hopes up when Obama got elected, but it turned out to be false hope in his eyes.
Part 3--Gitmo Detainee Lawyer: "I guess the days of attorney/client privilege are over in GITMO." For the first time since Bush left and Obama took office, the letters (via snail mail) between Fayiz and Barry were opened and resealed before they left Gitmo.
Thank you again.