"Charlie has obviously done an exceptional job, a really extraordinary job," said Marine Col. Dwight Sullivan, the Pentagon's chief defense counsel for Military Commissions.

Sullivan added it was "quite a coincidence" that Swift was passed over for a promotion "within two weeks of the Supreme Court opinion."

Quite a coincidence my ass. They're trying to say a guy in the JAG corps who WINS a case in front of the Supreme Court isn't one of the best people in that branch? That's an even bigger pile of bullshit than 1600 Pennsylvania Ave normally slings at us.

AP Wire | 10/08/2006 | Lawyer who defended bin Laden's driver denied promotion