Monday, September 14, 2009
A leading human rights group has suspended its senior military analyst following revelations that he is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia.
The group, Human Rights Watch, had initially thrown its full support behind the analyst, Marc Garlasco, when the news of his hobby came out last week. On Monday night, the group shifted course and suspended him with pay, "pending an investigation," said Carroll Bogert, the group's associate director.
"We have questions about whether we have learned everything we need to know," she said...
This was one of the "holy crap" stories of the year. I mean really, HRW's already tottering credibility given one more push by the revelations concerning the odd hobby (considering his employer) of one of its most prominent foot soldiers. You couldn't make this stuff up.
What's nice is that this has put the controversies involving HRW in front of an ever-wider and more mainstream audience. HRW has no one to blame but themselves.
Update: Excellent posts from Elder of Ziyon and David Bernstein.
Awesome!