Judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee

AP via SFGate ^ | 8/16/10

[SmithL]

A federal judge has ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee imprisoned at the island facility for more than 8 1/2 years.

[SmithL]

Kennedy, Henry Harold Jr.

Born 1948 in Columbia, SC

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by Joyce Hens Green; Confirmed by the Senate on September 4, 1997, and received commission on September 18, 1997.

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1976-1979

Education:
Princeton University, A.B., 1970
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1973

Professional Career:
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1973
Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, 1973-1976
Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 1979-1997

Race or Ethnicity: African American

Gender: Male

[Freddd]

Obama and Holder must be so proud.

Come, attack the U.S. we will let you go!

[turfmann]

What’s the over/under on how long it’ll be before we hear his name once again in some report about terrorist activity?

[nascarnation]

I’d say it’s more likely he’ll turn up in some mid-level cabinet post.

[Blueflag]

What if the gummint just says NO, we won’t? This Judge has not standing to *execute* squat. You think a Federal Marshal is going to go to Gitmo and try to arrest someone?

This judge can’t handle the truth ;-)

[umgud]

Must be having trouble finding help to build the Ground Zero mosque.

[hal ogen]

Make the “releasee” the Czar of Guantanamo.

[HollyB]

The judge has ordered the release of this Yemeni detainee. The judge stated it was plausible that this detainee went to the Pak/Afghn border to get free medical care (shortly after 9/11).

/s/ Sure, this is a perfectly normal thing - doesn’t everyone go into a war zone to get a head wound tended to? /s

[Nachum]

The judge is a Harvard liberal, appointed by Klinton.

[Jacquerie]

For some reason, we have come to believe that whatever a judge orders has authority and legitimacy equal to the Biblical Burning Bush.

Should conservatives ever regain Congress and the Presidency, there is a tremendous amount of house cleaning awaiting in the Judiciary.

[william clark]