I may have been selling former Navy general counsel Alberto Mora short when I suggested last week that he was in the gold medal hunt as 2006 GC of the year.
The JFK Library Foundation announced yesterday that Mr. Mora will be one of the recipients of a 2006 “Profile in Courage” award.
Mr. Mora is being recognized:
… for the moral and political courage he demonstrated in waging a two-and-a-half year behind-the-scenes battle with Pentagon brass and civilian leaders over U.S. military policy regarding the treatment of detainees held by the United States as part of the war on terror…
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of President John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles in Courage.
While not a gold medal, the award is rather impressive; a sterling-silver lantern symbolizing a beacon of hope…