Comments on: Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer

By: AWorthington: Guantanamo Habeas Results, Prisoners 34 – Government 13 « On Now

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Stories from Sunday Nov. 22 « Radioactive Gavin is Out of Print — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:28:35 +0000

[...] Justice Dept pointlessly gags Guantanamo lawyer by Andy Worthington [...]

By: Hannah K. O'Luthon

Hannah K. O'Luthon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:41:10 +0000

Praise to all those who hunger and thirst for justice, and act to provide justice to those in need. A specific question regarding Ammar al Baluchi, the (second) husband of Aafia Siddiqui,
the alleged Grey Lady of Bagram and Brandeis: what is his status and what are the judicial prospects for the couple?

By: Archie1954

Archie1954 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:31:26 +0000

This dissemination of information is scant as everyone should know who the judge was that didn’t believe in justice for the innocent. Why is that so called judge not searching for a new job as he is very good at kissing DOJ asses but not at providing justice. The prosecutors should all have complaints filed against them for egregious behaviour.

By: opit

opit — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:19:16 +0000

Kindly note the precise instructions given regarding this supposed ‘investigation’ Andy. It only covers acts which exceeded the legal opinions solicited from Yoo…which have been variously described as perversions of the law.
Not that any ‘justice’ will be forthcoming regardless. I doubt very much you are familiar enough with my research to have picked up on this, cached in ‘Law’ at my.opera.com/oldephartte/links/

American Service Members Protection Act 2002
Agreement NOT to hand Americans over to the International Tribunal

By: Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer | World of Ulysses

Justice Department Pointlessly Gags Guantánamo Lawyer | World of Ulysses — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:22:04 +0000

[...] One of the saddest stories in Guantánamo is that of Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi, a Libyan married to an Afghan woman and with a newly-born baby daughter, who was running a small bakery in Jalalabad, Afghanistan at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Fearing that he would be seized in the widespread anti-Arab sentiment that followed the collapse of the Taliban, he traveled with his family to the house of his wife’s parents, but instead of finding safety he was seized by bounty hunters and sold to US forces. full story [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:32:09 +0000

Thanks, TD. And I particularly like your insight into the Obama administration’s Guantanamo policy, which is sharper and more succinct than anything I’ve seen:

“The Obama people have no idea what they are doing, or why they are doing it.”

I would like it on a T-shirt, under a picture of Guantanamo.

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:54 +0000

And this from The Talking Dog:

Bravo, Andy! Of course, if the lads at MI-5 or 6 want to have a word with you …

One expected these things under Bush — after all, sadism was affirmatively part of the policy. In many senses, things are now worse, because there’s no general cognizance of how bad things are … and the Obama people have no idea what they are doing, or why they are doing it.

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:11:50 +0000

And this was my reply:

Hi Christine,
It does, and I tend to think that it was because they intended that their interagency Task Force would sort everything out, but that didn’t happen:
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/10/13/finding-new-homes-for-44-cleared-guantanamo-prisoners/
At the very least, it reveals that they preferred an executive review to trusting the judges to sort out the mess, and that’s worrying, of course, as it’s reminiscent of the Bush administration’s position — and also counter-productive, as the judges are really the only ones who can objectively get us out of this hole, whittling down the remaining prisoners until we’re left with however many dozens of men who, according to the Bush doctrine inherited and maintained by Obama, can continue to be held, apparently indefinitely, as what once used be called “enemy combatants.”