McClatchy's act of journalism - Where's Pentagon 'terrorism suspect'? - - - Talking to Karzai...

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Very Scary -----NOT, kp


Where's Pentagon 'terrorism suspect'? Talking to Karzai


Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil displays documents he says prove he's not a terrorist, despite six years as Detainee 798 at Guantanamo. (Photo by Nancy A. Youssef / MCT)

By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers

KABUL, Afghanistan — Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil spends his days going from one high-level official meeting to another with the swagger of a tribal elder, advocating for the needs of Kunar province, his home region.

Each encounter — with President Hamid Karzai, with Karzai's chief of staff or with one of Afghanistan's other presidential candidates — begins the same: They thank him for his honorable service to the people of Kunar.

Despite those endorsements, the Pentagon says that Wakil is among 74 former Guantanamo Bay detainees who've returned to or are suspected of returning to terrorism after their release from the island prison camp.

Wakil scoffs at the suggestion. So do those who know him.

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/washington/story/71434.html

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Thursday July 9, 2009 09:10 EDT
The significance of McClatchy's act of journalism
Glenn Greenwald

McClatchy's Nancy Youssef has an article today that is a consummate example of excellent journalism. I don't want to excerpt any of it or even summarize what it reports because I really want to encourage everyone to click the link http://www.mcclatchydc.com/washington/story/71434.html and read it in its entirety (it's not very long: roughly 1,300 words). Please read Youssef's article before reading the following points I think are worth making about it:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/09/guantanamo/