Canada court says bin Laden employee can be freed (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Canada court says bin Laden employee can be freed

By Randall Palmer
Reuters
Thursday, February 15, 2007; 2:58 PM

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian court decided on Thursday that an Egyptian man
who worked for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden should be released even though
the court concluded he had perjured himself and had probably engaged in
terrorism.

Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley ruled that the suspect, Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub,
still posed a danger to Canadian society but that this threat could be neutralized
by the imposition of what he said would amount to house arrest.

Mahjoub has been held without trial since 2000 on a security certificate -- which
allows the indefinite detention of suspects if they are deemed a security threat
-- and has engaged in years of legal battles with the government over attempts
to deport him.

Justice Mosley agreed with Mahjoub, "on a balance of probabilities, that he will
not be removed from Canada within a reasonable time" and should be released
from detention until a final decision is made.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500904.html

[Kagemusha]

1. Well if they can prove he perjured himself the proper venue is a trial.

It's not complicated. And they had an actual court make a judgment about what was appropriate or not with a rarely used form of detention apparently used for legitimate reason. I'd say that's a step up.