Domestic Detainee From 9/11 Released

[Rose Siding]

Benamar Benatta, believed to be the last remaining domestic detainee from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was released yesterday after negotiations involving Canada, the United States and his attorneys ended his captivity at nearly five years.

Benatta crossed the border from the United States to Canada, where he will be allowed to resume the bid for political asylum that resulted in his detention shortly before the terrorist attacks.

The Algerian air force lieutenant spent more than 58 months behind bars even though the FBI formally concluded in November 2001 that he had no connection to terrorism.
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He was initially charged with carrying fraudulent papers until a federal magistrate called those accusations a "sham." Since then, he has been held for overstaying his visa as he waged a multiyear battle for political asylum in the United States or Canada, alleging he would be killed if he were returned to Algeria.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072002007.html

[leesa]

1. 58 months for no connection to terrorism. There has not been one

alleged connection to 9-11 that has held up anywhere in the world. Could that be because the real culprits are in the White House?

[IndianaGreen]

4. and all of the detainees we released said they were abused

Our country is just another tin pot dictatorship.

[Ringo84]

2. Good

It's about time.
Ringo

[struggle4progress]

3. The list of demonstrably sham accusations has become lengthy.

[OKNancy]

5. kick

[Opusnone]

6. Remind me again how many 9-11 perps have been convicted?

What a genius crime.
No perps, no survivors, no forensic evidence at the murder scenes.
A government wary to investigate.
And an inept leadership with no accountability.