Saturday, July 25, 2009
Judge calls bullshit on Gitmo Kid Case
And strangely the DOJ pleads with the judge, but it's good bullshit your honor.
The Justice Department conceded Friday that it lacks the evidence to hold a teenage Guantanamo detainee as an enemy combatant after a federal judge last week ruled that his confession was inadmissible.So like any good bureaucracy, the DOJ refuses to admit to a mistake, especially one that has aged 7 years. Does it violate every legal and ethical code? Was it initiated by someone else who could easily be blamed? No matter. Like a good soldier, a good bureaucrat pushes on until the Big Fool says otherwise.
In a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ruled that Mohammed Jawad's confession to Afghan officials was inadmissible because it had been extracted through torture. She also questioned whether the Justice Department had any evidence to proceed with a trial to determine whether he can be held as an enemy combatant.
Huvelle called the case an "outrage" and told Justice Department lawyers that their case against Jawad had been "gutted."
"Without his statements, I don't understand your case," she told Justice Department lawyers. "Sir, the facts can only get smaller, not bigger. . . . Face it, this case is in trouble. . . . Seven years and this case is riddled with holes."
She then urged the lawyers to "let him out. Send him back to Afghanistan."
Department lawyers, however, signaled they may bring him to the U.S. for a criminal trial.
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