Lt. Dan Choi and former Capt. James E. Pietrangelo are Free to Follow more of Obama's Orders

Dan's subpoena inspired my title...

Anywho, the charges against Lt. Dan Choi and former Capt. James E. Pietrangelo for chaining themselves to the White House fence, has been dropped.

MetroWeekly reports:

The D.C. Attorney General's Office, however, dropped two failure to obey a lawful order charges against the two men, stemming from two demonstrations, one on March 18 and another on April 20, in which Choi and Pietrangelo handcuffed themselves to the White House fence in protest of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

''We've been to jail overnight twice, but sometimes it takes sacrifice and our community needs to learn that a lot more,'' Choi said after the judge dismissed the cases.

''The government does not wish to proceed on these cases at this time,'' Christine Chang, special assistant to the attorney general, told D.C. Superior Court Judge Fredrick J. Sullivan.

''Your cases are dismissed,'' Sullivan replied to Choi and Pietrangelo. Chang confirmed after that ruling, that Choi's order to stay away from the White House compound is no longer in place.

Speaking to reporters following the ruling, Choi said he will demonstrate against the military's discriminatory policy again.

''The policy is not gone, so as an officer I still have a responsibility and a duty to speak out for those people who don't have a voice… I'm not going to stop until Obama does, and this country does [what is needed] to make sure that Don't Ask Don't Tell is fully gone.''

Well, okay.