A Obama Administration has announced its intention to prosecute a Somali named Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, who was captured in mid-April, on charges that he “provided support” to the al-Shabaab opposition faction in the nation.
The Justice Department termed him an “al-Shabaab leader” but does not accuse him of doing anything in particular beyond being in the organization. The real story here, however, is that since his capture Warsame has been held on a US Navy warship for interrogation.
Administration officials were light on details surrounding Warsame’s capture, saying only that US forces “somewhere in the Gulf region” caught him, but claim he has been involved with al-Shabaab since 2007, and that he months of interrogation provided “valuable information” about the group.
The issue of the legality of simply capturing someone “somewhere” and then keeping him incommunicado on a warship for months on end of interrogation is likely to come up at some point, however, even with the Obama Administration shrugging off the promises to close Guantanamo Bay.
Bushco turned Obama. Illegal rendition, illegal detention, and of course Amerika's favorite international war crime – TORTURE. That's exactly why Obama holds this sorry chump a way off'n somewhere in the Gulf region.
Immoral bastards!
"The issue of the legality of simply capturing someone 'somewhere' and then keeping him incommunicado on a warship for months on end of interrogation is likely to come up at some point, however, even with the Obama Administration shrugging off the promises to close Guantanamo Bay."
With the exceptions of a few websites such as this one, there is no real chance that anyone inside the United states will question the kidnapping of people and torturing them on board US Navy warships. That is the cold reality of the situation.
Valerianus is correct. The media simply don't care about the crimes our government commits. They barely cover the crimes they visit upon we the people they aren't going to spend any time worrying about some foreigner kidnapped and held on a ship for months being tortured.