Talk:Guantanamo Bay attorneys

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[edit] Removed paralegals

I removed Abigail Gustafson, who's paralegal with Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll. So far I've removed a few who've crept into the "Guantanamo bar association" list, and had hoped I got them all.

It may not matter so much now while these people are still lauded in some circles. Many people may think these lawyers are doing a good thing, but I see it as having the potential to become a heavy ball-and-chain. If you've been looking at their profiles you may have noticed how hard it is to find which detainees they are/were defending. Their profiles often don't even admit they were Gitmo-lawyers at all.

Lawyers are "officers of the court." As such, they have greater responsibility for what they do, and so it's important and proper that their participation never be forgotten. They put their reputations on the line in a way that a paralegal doesn't, and so that's why I've been removing them.
-- Randy2063 (talk) 17:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category for deletion notice

FWIW, the Category:Law firms of Guantanamo Bay attorneys category looks like it's about to be deleted.

That's just their law firms, not the one with the lawyers.
-- Randy2063 (talk) 20:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)