Hamdan's Lawyer Forced to Retire

Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, 44, was the Navy lawyer who represented Salim Ahmed Hamdan (Osama bin Laden's driver) in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case that went to the Supreme Court. Swift won the case when the Supreme Court ruled that Bush's miltary tribunals were unconstitutional. Within two weeks of that decision, Swift was passed over for a promotion and under the "up or out" promotion system, will have to retire from the Navy. If winning a Supreme Court case can't get you promoted, I don't know what will.