US Recants Claims on "High-Value" Detainee Abu Zubaydah

[Bonobo]

Source: Truthout.org

The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration had made about "high-value" detainee Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo prisoner who at one time was said to have planned the 9/11 attacks and was the No. 2 and 3 person in al-Qaeda.

Additionally, Justice has backed away from claims intelligence officials working in the Clinton administration had also leveled against Zubaydah, specifically, that he was directly involved in the planning of the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa.

Zubaydah's name is redacted throughout a 109-page court document the government filed in US District Court in Washington, DC in response to 213 discovery requests Zubaydah's attorneys made in connection with his habeas corpus case, which sought evidence to support, among other Bush administration claims, that Zubaydah was a top al-Qaeda official and close confidant of Osama Bin Laden.

The discovery motion Zubaydah's attorneys filed has not been cleared for release. The Justice Department asked the judge presiding over the case to deny virtually every discovery request sought by his attorneys, explaining, in some instances, that the government no longer relied upon the explosive allegations the Bush administration made about Zubaydah when he was captured and subsequently tortured.

Read more: http://www.truthout.org/government-quietly-recants-bush-era-claims-about-%22high-value%22-detainee-zubdaydah58151

[BlooInBloo]

1. Was hilarious reading that on huffpo yesterday...

in a tragicomic way, of course.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/31/government-walks-back-hyp_n_520007.html

Ack. Just noticed that it was Jason Leopold who wrote that article. Hopefully there's corroboration for anything he says.

[Bonobo]

2. Well, the thing stinks like week old fish. Even Leopold can't be too wrong about this one. nt

[OnyxCollie]

4. Is that a week in business days?

[alfredo]

3. The end result of a just system doesn't always work out

as we wish, but prefer it over what bush desired.

[EFerrari]

6. The torture of this man is what prompted the torture memos. n/t

[alfredo]

7. How can we sell the concept of war crime charges against

bush and his junta?

[Rage Inc.]

5. Fool me once, uh, fool me twice, er.....

...dontcha love The Who???