Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Earlier today, the US released Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj from Guantanamo after six and a half years of imprisonment, without trial.
His crime — refusing to spy on fellow Al Jazeera employees.
Hard-asses to the bitter end, the US still considers al-Hajj an enemy combatant. According to an anonymous US official (who was no doubt too embarrassed to give his name), al-Hajj was "not being released [but simply] being transferred to the Sudanese government."
But Sudan has no intention of participating in the charade or punishing this man further:
Sudan's justice minister told Al Jazeera that al-Hajj was a free man and would not be arrested or face any charges.
Hmmm...justice minister, eh? We ought to get us one of those.
Comments
And he has had a few interesting things to say!
Posted by: TomCat | May 3, 2008 12:25 PM
TomCat, this is the kind of thing I never expected to see in America. There were no formal charges ever filed against this guy, no evidence presented,but they told him the'd let him go if he would dig up dirt on Al Jazeera.
Posted by: abi | May 4, 2008 07:19 AM