Comments on: Judge Condemns “Mosaic” Of Guantánamo Intelligence, And Unreliable Witnesses

By: Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK « moof

Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK « moof — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:53:15 +0000

[...] serious doubts about the reliability of allegations made by other prisoners, as she had in previous cases, and as the judges in general have throughout the habeas process. These doubts have [...]

By: Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:04:07 +0000

[...] evidence has come from the intelligence agencies – noting, on several occasions, that the “mosaics” of intelligence put forward to justify detention may be useful in terms of gathering [...]

By: Why Obama Must Continue Releasing Yemenis From Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:14:56 +0000

[...] Yemenis. This was revealed in the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a Yemeni whose release had been ordered in May by a district court judge, who had granted his habeas corpus petition. Judge Gladys Kessler ruled [...]

By: “Model Prisoner” at Guantánamo, Tortured in the “Dark Prison,” Loses Habeas Corpus Petition « freedetainees.org

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:21:31 +0000

[...] denied (April 2009), Obama’s First 100 Days: A Start On Guantánamo, But Not Enough (May 2009), Judge Condemns “Mosaic” Of Guantánamo Intelligence, And Unreliable Witnesses (May 2009), Pain At Guantánamo And Paralysis In Government (May 2009), Guantánamo: A Prison Built [...]

By: Military Commissions Revived: Don’t Do It, Mr. President! by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:45 +0000

[...] must now be allowed time to investigate the information, and the military judges are empowered, like the federal court judges ruling on the Guantánamo prisoners’ habeas corpus petitions, to “take into account all of the [...]

By: No Escape From Guantánamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:27:42 +0000

[...] in May, when she granted the habeas appeal of another Yemeni, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Judge Kessler had serious doubts about the manner in which the government established its case, [...]

By: An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part One) by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:37:25 +0000

[...] Specifically, Col. Wilkerson wrote about “the utter incompetence of the battlefield vetting in Afghanistan during the early stages of the US operations there,” and how “several in the US leadership became aware of this lack of proper vetting very early on and, thus, of the reality that many of the detainees were innocent of any substantial wrongdoing, had little intelligence value, and should be immediately released.” He also poured scorn on “the ad hoc intelligence philosophy that was developed to justify keeping many of these people, called the mosaic philosophy,” whose shortcomings were recognized, in May, by a District Court judge, Gladys Kessler, when she granted the habeas corpus petition of a Yemeni prisoner, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. [...]

By: Guantánamo And The Courts (Part Three): Obama’s Continuing Shame by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:26:10 +0000

[...] government came on May 11, when Judge Gladys Kessler granted the habeas petition of another Yemeni, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, who has always stated that he traveled to Pakistan as a student. Ali Ahmed was seized, in March [...]

By: Bagram Isn’t The New Guantánamo, It’s The Old Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:17:44 +0000

[...] only as persuasive as the tiles which compose it and the glue which binds them together.” As I explained at the time, Judge Kessler “then proceeded to highlight a catalog of deficiencies in the tiles and the [...]

By: Guantánamo As Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:03:04 +0000

[...] much-vaunted justice system was a farce. And yet, this is exactly the problem that currently faces Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a Yemeni prisoner in Guantánamo, whose habeas corpus petition was granted in May by Judge Gladys [...]