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ncMindy

Sep 30 2006, 02:37 PM

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Ashcroft Is Denied Immunity in Case

By Dan Eggen
The Washington Post

Friday 29 September 2006

A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a US citizen arrested as a "material witness" in a terrorism case.

US District Judge Edward J. Lodge, in a ruling issued late Wednesday, dismissed claims by the Justice Department that Ashcroft and other officials should be granted immunity from claims by a former star college football player arrested at Dulles International Airport in 2003.

Attorneys for the plaintiff in the civil suit, Abdullah al-Kidd, said the decision raises the possibility that Ashcroft could be forced to testify or turn over records about the government's use of the material witness law, a cornerstone of its controversial legal strategy after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Justice Department officials did not respond to telephone messages yesterday seeking comment. A spokeswoman for Ashcroft also did not respond to requests for comment.

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That was yesterday, is yesterday gone!?!

suswah

Sep 30 2006, 04:18 PM

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That was yesterday, is yesterday gone!?!

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Kidd - a Kansas native who was known as Lavoni T. Kidd before converting to Islam - was arrested in March 2003 as he prepared to board a flight to Saudi Arabia, where he was planning to pursue a doctorate in Islamic studies. Federal prosecutors claimed he was a flight risk crucial to the prosecution of a fellow University of Idaho student, Sami Omar al-Hussayen.

Kidd was imprisoned for 16 days in three states and then placed under restrictive court supervision for more than a year. But Kidd was never called to testify against Hussayen, who was eventually acquitted of computer-related terrorism charges.

Sadly, doesn't it look like this is the result of incompetent people running the country??

If ever there was a time in history that required reasonable foreign policy and treatment of US citizens ~ post-9/11 was it.

But instead, the Keystone Cops were let loose on us and terrorized us even more than the 9/11 tragedy.

65 Rambler Lady

Sep 30 2006, 08:05 PM

Ashcroft refused comment becuase they wouldn't let him sing, "Let Eagles Fly."

Sadly, this is just exactly the type of story the MSM should be covering, but no, we get stories about some celeb's new hairdo or Cher auctioning off some of her clothes and belongings....

Gawd, am I EVER going to wake up from this nightmare????????????

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