How interesting. Department of Justice staff were present in the courtroom, conferring with Dan Choi's prosecutors. (Choi is being charged with "failing to be obey a lawful order" while handcuffing himself to the White House fence to protest the President's then-inaction on repealing DADT.) And here I thought the Obama administration had nothing to do with the case against Dan. (I didn't think that, but some did. That one is now settled.) From Metro Weekly:
After returning from a long lunch break, [Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela] George and her assistant were joined by multiple DOJ employees, who sat in the viewing area, whispering among themselves.So the Obama administration is involved in the case, and they're apparently working with the prosecutors. It certainly feels vindictive to me.
