Phillip Carter resigned and what it means...

Phillip Carter, a civil libertarian who supported President Obama recently resigned. It's not gotten a lot of news though with the increased attention of the blogosphere it may be a story that you will see more coverage on. I tend to agree with Glenn Greenwald, Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post:

Carter said he was resigning due to "personal issues," and -- like Greg Craig before him -- remained loyal to Obama by refraining, at least thus far, from publicly criticizing any administration policies. I have no idea what actually motivated Carter's abrupt resignation, but here's what I do know: so many of the detention and other "War on Terror" policies Obama has explicitly adopted were the very same ones which Carter (as well as Obama) repeatedly railed against during the Bush years, in Carter's case primarily in blogs he maintained both at The Washington Post and at Slate. Whatever else is true, the policies Obama has adopted in the last six months in the very areas of Carter's responsibilities were ones Carter vehemently condemned when implemented by Bush.

While in the updates it's states that Carter has stated this is not why he has resigned, it's really hard to not believe that the change in policy from what was promised during and right after the election not being what was actually put into practice had no impact on Phillip Carter...