[Calpernia]

What does this mean????

From the article:

As convincing as Cole's testimony was to O'Grady, the judge said he was disturbed that a high-ranking FBI official apparently disagreed -- even after Cole had interviewed Abu Ali. O'Grady said he would consider defense motions to reconsider bail because of an e-mail sent by Michael A. Mason, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office. In the May 2004 e-mail to a family representative, filed in court by the defense, Mason wrote that his office, whose agents investigated the case, "has no further interest in Mr. Ali's detention."

Mason "is an individual with supervisory capacity, and I've never seen anything like that," O'Grady said.

O'Grady then grilled Assistant U.S. Attorney David Laufman about the e-mail. Laufman said Mason's views "do not reflect the views of other officials in the FBI and the Department of Justice."

[prairiebreeze]

The way I read it this Mason is sympathetic to N. Virginian muslims and emailed somebody that he didn't think AbuAli was of any futher interest to the investigation.

The defense would use this to try to discredit the prosecutions case if I'm reading it fully.

[cake_crumb]

The lawyer wants to use this email as grounds to grant bail. Failing that, I'm betting Ali is feeding some bogus info, which is being diligently leaked to and reported by the press so the defense can trumphantly prove it bogus during the trial....and call for a mistrial by bringing the veracity of the genuine info into question.

I can't really say why, but some of the details are setting off flashing red lights and alarm bells. Ali is GUILTY, but will he get off?

[beaver fever]

Mason wrote that his office, whose agents investigated the case, "has no further interest in Mr. Ali's detention."

The comment occurs in the transcript of the habeas corpus writ instituted in the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OMAR ABU ALI, et al.,
Petitioners,
v. Civil Action No. 04-1258 (JDB)
JOHN ASHCROFT, et al.,
Respondents.

http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/04-1258.pdf

References to torture and arguments of court of jurisdiction also occur there.