Media Forgets Obama's Nominee to Justice Dept. Was a Terrorist's Lawyer
By Warner Todd Huston
March 13, 2009 - 02:05 ET

On March 9, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on one of Barack Obama's latest nominees. This time it was to assess the suitability of Tony West, Obama's nominee for the assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Division. Things went "smoothly" according to the San Jose Mercury News, also publishing a nice bio of West. The Washington Post merely mentioned the hearing was "notable." Similarly the East Bay Express simply makes mention of the hearing having occurred. Apparently there was nothing of interest in West’s nomination.

Curiously enough, though, not one of these brief reports mention that Tony West was "American Taliban" terrorist John Walker Lindh's defense lawyer. Another key bit of info left out of these announcements was that Tony West raised $65 million for Obama's presidential campaign. Money well spent if it gets a cushy government job, I suppose.

So, in a era when most of us still acutely feel that Islamic terrorism is an important worry that should still feature prominently in our planning, Barack Obama is appointing a terrorist's lawyer to one of the very agencies that is supposed to protect us all.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/03/13/media-forgets-obamas-nominee-justice-dept-was-terrorists-lawyer

i dont agree with the how will this benefit me comment......shouldnt somebody think about how the people SHOULD benefit from the governemnt.

I mean, i oculd be wrong......but arent they supposed to govern us?



guy doesnt sound like a good pick. association with defending a terroist?? nope....hire him to represent the Gitmo enemy combatants.....not the american people