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To: gdani

Could you add some detail to what you said...clearly I am not up to speed.


36 posted on 01/08/2010 1:17:22 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Could you add some detail to what you said...clearly I am not up to speed.

This case is the result of a habeas petition (i.e. challenging his detention in court) filed by Al Madhwani.

He's been in Gitmo since 2002 & filed his habeas petition in 2004. Both Bush & Obama argued he can be kept there because of the AUMF.

The judge, a Reagan appointee, said some of the evidence against him must be tossed BUT THAT he was a member of Al Qaida (at least a very low-level member). And, while the judge doesn't think he's much of a danger, the Govt still has enough on him to continue to hold him. As a result, the judge DENIED his habeas petition.

However, to hear others here, this was a criminal case, initiated by Obama, and Al Madhwani will soon be set free by a liberal judge. Or the Obama administration - who's been arguing all along they have the power to keep him detained.

Which is all par for the course for those who continually jump to conclusions without knowing what they're talking about.

42 posted on 01/08/2010 1:31:33 PM PST by gdani (I just want to be left on this block of ice...)
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