SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE – AT 7:01 P.M. ET: Something has clearly been botched in a terrorism case. A very bad guy may soon be walking the streets. I hope they're not our streets. From Fox:
WASHINGTON — A suspected Al Qaeda organizer once called "the highest value detainee" at Guantanamo Bay was ordered released by a federal judge in an order issued Monday.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was accused in the 9/11 Commission report of helping recruit Mohammed Atta and other members of the Al Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, that took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Military prosecutors suspected Slahi of links to other Al Qaeda operations, and considered seeking the death penalty against him while preparing possible charges in 2003 and 2004.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson granted Slahi's petition for habeas corpus, effectively finding the government lacked legal grounds to hold him. The order was classified, although the court said it planned to release a redacted public version in the coming weeks.
Robertson held four days of closed hearings in the Slahi case last year.
"They were considering giving him the death penalty. Now they don't even have enough evidence to pass the test for habeas," said Nancy Hollander, an Albuquerque, N.M., attorney representing Slahi.
COMMENT: There's be more on this story, but clearly someone is slipping between the cracks. Let's see if Eric Holder's Department of Justice for Some can get this reversed. Don't hold your breath. Breath holding isn't covered by Obamacare.
March 22, 2010 |