Lane McCotter and the Prisons

caption: Lane McCotter briefing Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz having a tour of the death house at Abu Ghraib Prison, south of Baghdad. Left to right, Gary DeLand, Paul Wolfowitz, Lane McCotter.

Crooked Timber today points out some interesting things about the history of the people building the AG prison. Doing a quick Google on one name that came up: "Lane McCotter" poses some interesting questions:

• Article by Ron Gardner criticizing McCotter for the UT incident
  
• Lawsuit filed by an former intern who was fired for speaking out against the corrections facility.
  
• The ACLU appealing for information about the UT facility
  
• Another lawsuit filed just a few weeks ago from another disgruntled former employee
  

Even before he got to Iraq, the appointment he was noted as controversial

I should note that lawsuits against prison facilities are very common... not necessarily an aberration... but the evidence does warrant further investigation. Surely McCotter's job was a difficult one and the allegations are merely conjecture.. let's not hang the guy on this