Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Detainee Transfer Announced by Pentagon (Updated)

Today's announcement is just a bit disconcerting as the Obama administration has for the first time released a Gitmo detainee to a country where the detainee fears he will be prosecuted or otherwise harmed....this is particularly ironic because there are men at Guantanamo who do not fear being returned to Algeria (one happens to be my client) but instead of releasing someone like my client the administration chose to send back a man with legitimate fears of being prosecuted.
CLICK ON THE TITLE FOR THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCEMENT.
ScotUS has more here.
Fire dog Lake's Jeff Kaye has a more in-depth story here-(complete with an interview by The talkingdog of one of the Algerian man's attorneys- Ellen Lubell.)