Militant Islam Monitor > Articles > Clinton Judge - James Robertson - Set to Free Top Al-Qaeda Terrorist
Clinton Judge - James Robertson - Set to Free Top Al-Qaeda Terrorist
March 23, 2010
March 24, 2010 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a GITMO detainee, is believed to have been integral to the 9/11 terror attacks, working closely with Mohammed Atta in Germany.
On Monday a Clinton judge, James Robertson - DC District - granted Slahi a petition for habeas corpus, clearing the way for freeing him.
Slahi has been described as being the detainee of most value at GITMO, deeply knowledgeable in the details of al-Qaeda terror methods.
The ruling was classified and is not available to the public.
Slahi was known to European intelligence for years before the events of September 11 to be a significant player in the Islamic terror network:
"When they later called Masri and expressed interest in going to Chechnya, he told them to contact Abu Musab in Duisburg, Germany. Abu Musab turned out to be Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a significant al Qaeda operative who, even then, was well known to U.S. and German intelligence, though neither government apparently knew he was operating in Germany in late 1999.When telephoned by Binalshibh and Shehhi, Slahi reportedly invited these promising recruits to come see him in Duisburg...Slahi instructed them to obtain Pakistani visas and then return to him for further directions on how to reach Afghanistan.Although Atta did not attend the meeting, he joined in the plan with the other three. After obtaining the necessary visas, they received Slahi's final instructions on how to travel to Karachi and then Quetta, where they were to contact someone named Umar al Masri at the Taliban office..."[source, 911 Report, pg 183-184, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/fullreport.pdf]
The prospect of releasing Slahi, whose offenses qualified him for the death penalty if he had been correctly tried before a military tribunal, should prove unsettling to all while increasing public mistrust of team Obama's approach to national security matters, especially regarding Islamic terrorism.
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