Guy says something intelligent and true and gets sacked~
Strange world we live in.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley is resigning his post, the department said Sunday, after reports that Crowley had called "stupid" the Pentagon's treatment of a soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website.
"It is with regret that I have accepted the resignation of Philip J. Crowley as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.
"Given the impact of my remarks, for which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesman for the Department of State," Crowley said in the statement.
A BBC correspondent reported that Crowley told a small audience at a university in Massachusetts the treatment of jailed former intelligence analyst Bradley Manning "is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid."
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2011/03/state_department_spokesman_steps_down_amid_flap.php/