Federal judge orders Gitmo prisoners released

This is why courts and law don’t work when fighting terrorists. From the Washington Post;

The decision came in the case of six Algerians who were detained in Bosnia after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and have been held at the military prison in Cuba for nearly seven years. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon, a Bush appointee, ruled that five of the men must be released “forthwith” and ordered the government to engage in diplomatic efforts to find them new homes.
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In an unusual move, Leon also urged the government not to appeal his ruling, saying “seven years of waiting for our legal system to give them an answer” was long enough.

In the case of the sixth Algerian, Belkacem Bensayah, Leon found that the government had met its evidentiary burden and could continue to hold him. Bensayah’s lawyers said he would appeal.

The judge urged the government to not appeal his ruling. Why? Because the decision was specious.

In the case of the Algerians, the government presented mostly classified evidence in closed hearings that its attorneys asserted proved the men planned to attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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Leon said the government did not provide enough credible and reliable evidence during a series of closed hearings to justify the detentions of the five Algerians…. The government did not provide enough information about the source to determine whether he or she was credible or reliable, Leon ruled.

Funny how these guys kept their mission secret and only confided in a single incredible and unreliable witness. So secret, that the judge didn’t want to believe the witness or the evidence against them. The government ought to establish a half-way house for these five in the residence next to Judge Leon‘s home – ya know, just to asimilate them into the real world since their long imprisonment.

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