Legal Opinion
Al Rabiah v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 17, 2009No. Civil Action 02-828 (CKK)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Petitioner Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah (“AI Rabiah”) has been detained by the United States Government at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba since 2002. The evidentiary record on which the Government seeks to justify his indefinite detention is surprisingly bare. The Government has withdrawn its reliance on most of the evidence and allegations that were once asserted against AI Rabiah, and now relies almost exclusively on AI Rabiah’s “confessions” to certain conduct. Not only did AI Rabiah’s interrogators repeatedly conclude…
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