Yesterday Fox News reported that a federal judge has ordered the release of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a man named by the 9/11 Commission as a recruiter for Al Qaeda who helped put together the team who carried out the attacks on September 11, 2001.
The article states:
"Military prosecutors suspected Slahi of links to other Al Qaeda operations, and considered seeking the death penalty against him while preparing possible charges in 2003 and 2004.
"U.S. District Judge James Robertson granted Slahi's petition for habeas corpus, effectively finding the government lacked legal grounds to hold him. The order was classified, although the court said it planned to release a redacted public version in the coming weeks."
This detainee was not tried in a military commission because he is said to have been tortured. When you read the article, you learn that torture included death threats and harm to his mother. You will note that no bodily injury occurred and that lives were probably saved by the information obtained.
Would someone please tell this judge that if he releases this prisoner, American soldiers will die. Does he understand that this man is a threat to all Americans, including him?
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