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Defend America on Monday, March 22, 2010 7:38:04 PM
Judge Orders Release of Gitmo Detainee With Ties to 9/11 Attacks
Monday, March 22, 2010
WASHINGTON — A suspected Al Qaeda
organizer once called "the highest value detainee" at Guantanamo Bay
was ordered released by a federal judge in an order issued Monday.
Mohamedou
Ould Slahi was accused in the 9/11 Commission report of helping recruit
Mohammed Atta and other members of the Al Qaeda cell in Hamburg,
Germany, that took part in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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.
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