Long-standing Guantanamo Bay detainee Wali Mohammed will have his day in court, at least to the extent that the military tribunal system counts as “court,” but the evidence exonerating him of the allegations against him will not, according to Judge Rosemary Collyer.
Mohammed’s lawyers had sought evidence related to the “confidence source” of claims he was a terrorist financier for al-Qaeda, evidence which could prove that he was an innocent businessman who was sold to the US on fake charges for refusing to pay a bribe.
Judge Collyer conceded that the evidence in question would be “extremely helpful” to Mohammed’s lawyers in making the case, and could well secure his outright release, nearly 11 years into his detention. Still, she insisted it was “too secret” to allow the lawyers to have access to.
In the past, the US has offered redacted versions of such documents to lawyers, but Collyer insists there is no way these particular documents could ever be sufficiently redacted to allow such a release. Still, Collyer conceded that she had herself seen the evidence, and that this might carry some weight in the case in and of itself.
Gotta love what pases these days as justice in the US. Guilty till proven innocent.
Yup RickR30 . Just can't make this stuff up .
And that is if you are lucky enough to even be given a trial!
The closest place to see kangaroos court without going to Oz.
We are a corrupt and injurious nation, and our government, with the support of the governed, has destroyed the Constitution and abandoned the principles on which this nation was founded. I am disgusted that this man has been incarcerated for 11 years, yet the government hides behind "too secret" to withhold evidence that would free him. A righteous nation does not need to imprison anyone without trial, nor keep secrets from its citizens.
Seems safe to assume the evidence would incriminate some sacred party.