Michael Posner is the assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, a position he has held for about nine months.  Don’t feel bad if you have not heard of Mr. Posner, as his issues have not exactly been the top priorities for the current administration’s foreign policy team. But unfortunately for Mr. Posner, his media profile has risen quite a bit since a press conference he held last week to mark the close of the U.S.-China bilateral human rights dialogue.  In response to a question about whether the controversial Arizona immigration law had been raised by either the Chinese or U.S. side in the course of the human rights talks, Mr. Posner gave the following disturbing reply:  

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