http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/guantanamo_interpreterThe military on Wednesday dropped an espionage charge against a Muslim interpreter accused of spying at the camp for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The development marks the third Guantanamo spy case to fall apart this year, despite vows by Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) and military officials to prosecute the alleged threats to the nation's security.In a related story:
The Department Of Justice Is Forced to Admit Serious Error in the Detroit "Terrorist Cell" Case:
Judges' Key Role In Curbing "War on Terror" Excesses
"In late August, the Department of Justice submitted a remarkable memorandum of law to U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen, the judge overseeing its prosecution of a suspected terrorist sleeper cell in Detroit.
In the memorandum, DOJ admitted its prosecution had been riddled with a "pattern of mistakes and oversights." For instance, it admitted that the prosecution deprived the defendants of important discoverable evidence - evidence it was required by law to produce. And it admitted that its lawyers had not been candid - to say the least - about this evidence. To the contrary, DOJ noted, the record of the case was "filled with misleading inferences that such material did not exist" - when actually, it did, and the defendants were legally entitled to it.
A year ago, Attorney General John Ashcroft boasted that this very prosecution was his first court victory in the war on terror. Since then, it has turned out to be his only such victory. And now, it's clear the prosecution was no victory at all - it was a debacle.Due to the severity of its mistakes, DOJ asked Judge Rosen to reverse the defendants' convictions. The government sees "no reasonable prospect of winning" - apparently, either in its defense of the convictions, or in a new trial on the terrorism charges. (DOJ did, however, ask the judge for a new trial on document fraud charges.) Rosen granted the motion.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/leavitt/20040922.htmlBut now they have Cat Stevens! Another victory for Ashcroft and Tom Ridge the Boy Wonder!
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