Guantanamo commander canned

I could only find this through Google at News24 and through Yahoo at the Charlotte Observer, even though that one is an AP article.

LexisNexis finds the AP reports, but the only publications seeming to pick it up (at least at this time) are Agence France Presse and Deutsche Presse-Agentur. They all say pretty much the same thing, or at least they all say the move had nothing to do with the detainee situation.

The commanding officer of the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was relieved of his duties Saturday after he was accused of inappropriate management practices, a Navy spokesman said.

Capt. Leslie McCoy, who had commanded Guantanamo since March 2003, was the subject of an investigation into inappropriate personnel and administrative practices unrelated to the base's detention camp for suspected terrorists.

"His release and reassignment are in no way related to the detainee operations taking place in Guantanamo," said Patrick Dooling, spokesman for Navy Southeast Region based in Jacksonville.

McCoy was relieved of his duties Saturday by Rear Adm. Annette Brown, the region commander, who had "lost confidence in his ability to effectively lead," Dooling said.

McCoy will be transferred to the staff in Jacksonville. Capt. Lawrence Cotton, chief of staff of Navy Region Southeast, will command the Guantanamo base until a permanent replacement is named.

  Charlotte Observer article

WIIIAI comments:

Capt. Leslie McCoy, commandant of Guantanamo, has been relieved of duty, and the Pentagon is eager to assure us that it’s because of “inappropriate personnel and administrative practices,” whatever those might be, and certainly not for the, you know, torture and shit. Someday I’d like to find out what administrative practices the military considers to be more egregious than presiding over torture.