Analyst's note:  Since we already know that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated both the GOP and Democrat parties, why would we want or stand for lawyers who voluntarily helped defend al Qaeda and Taliban suspects directly linked to the supervision of the prosecutions of the Gitmo detainees? Come on Congress, we can do better than this.  It makes no sense whatsoever in terms of U.S. national security.

"With the next round of Guantanamo military commission pretrial hearings for alleged USS Cole bombing ringleader Abd Al Rahim al-Nashiri scheduled through Friday, now is a good time to ask why Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is still involved extensively in a presumably military function.

Mr. Holder was soundly defeated by Congress and New Yorkers over his ideologically motivated attempts to permanently disable military commissions and transfer self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) and four co-defendants into a lower Manhattan courtroom. Still, the attorney general has found new ways to shake up the system.

Reversing the George W. Bush administration’s practice of uniformed military lawyers leading prosecution teams, with an occasional Justice Department civilian attorney working in a support role,Mr. Holder’s attorneys have begun to serve as lead prosecutors, also known as “detailed trial counsels.” [....]