Appeals Court Overturns Judge's Guantanamo Release Order -- McClatchy News
A U.S. appeals court Friday ruled that a federal judge was too quick to order the Pentagon to free a Guantanamo detainee who joined and then quit al Qaeda, and was subsequently abused by military interrogators at Guantanamo.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson on March 22 ordered the release of Mohamedou Slahi, 39, a Mauritanian who lived in Germany and Canada as a computer technician.
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Update: Appeals court overturns release of Gitmo detainee -- AP
My Comment: In short .... the Appeals Court has ruled that before Guantanamo detainees are released by federal judges, those same federal judges must take the time and resources to examine a case before rushing a release order.
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