They are "attaboys", given for being slightly better than adequate.
I am uncomfortable with the CiC directing that they be rescinded b/c he didn't like the outcome. He should've stayed out of it. Just my opinion.
Was it because he didn't like the outcome or because he thought the prosecutors displayed a great deal of incompetence in their handling of the case? I mean, let's be real... Their key witness finagled an immunity agreement, then flipped and turned their whole case upside down. They committed so many procedural errors, the case was almost thrown out because of their incompetence. Cunningham got away with a war crime because the prosecution sucked.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater