The Justice Department is once again being threatened with contempt of court after United States District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan found that they withheld evidence from the defense that a witness in a “significant” number of cases was mentally disturbed. Judge Sullivan found that the testimony of the detainee was unreliable, could be challenged in other cases, and could be the basis for a possible contempt order against the government.
In the wake of the Stevens case, this ruling in the case of Aymen Saeed Batarfi, a Yemeni doctor, received little attention. However, like Stevens, the Justice Department has announced that it would no longer seek to detain the doctor. As in Stevens, the move appears to protect the Justice Department from further judicial inquiry over the misconduct of government officials and, also like the Stevens case, there is no indication that the responsible officials will be disciplined or fired.
In the hearing, Sullivan stated “To hide relevant and exculpatory evidence from counsel and from the court under any circumstances, particularly here where there is no other means to discover this information and where the stakes are so very high . . . is fundamentally unjust, outrageous and will not be tolerated . . . How can this court have any confidence whatsoever in the United States government to comply with its obligations and to be truthful to the court?”
Judge Sullivan refused to allow the government to continue to play games with the system and called its actions “still another ploy . . . to continue with his deprivation of his fair day in court.” He ordered review of the case every 14 days and threatened to impose a contempt sanction if the Justice Department continued to violate federal rules.
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‘You will never be able to prescribe medications Mike A., you need to go to medical school in order to do that.’…
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No, you don’t…
Centurion,
Seeing that I have a job that must be done during the day, I am just able to repsond to your latest attack. Your attack is rather juvenile. Since you contend you graduated from Northwestern, I would have expected a little more maturity. But I shouldn’t assume that your education actually produces any cogent thoughts. Thanks for letting us know what your salary is and how high a regard you have for your best man and his education. Have fun in the Keys.
Centurion:
These guys are lawyers not engineers, you dropping acid to have a mind expanding experience?
Marlin fishing is for pussies, unless they are over about 800 lbs. A 200 lb Tuna has more ass and attitude than a Marlin.
But good luck, maybe you can “talk” the fish into taking your bait.
The best man at my wedding is an engineer, he went to Harvey Mudd. He makes 60.000 a year and hates his job. I make almost twice that, and work maybe thirty-five hours a week. Boy life is sweet for those of us who took those easy psych and sociology courses. Gotta go now, I’m getting ready to go marlin fishing in the Keys. I’ll be thinking about you guys. TTFN
Mespo:
if C-note is a right winger we dont claim him.
Also as things are moving along within the Obama administration I think that wail you are hearing is Nancy Pelosi as they pry her fingers from around the speakers gavel in February of 2011.
MikeA:
Looks to me like you could have gone to med school. I guess C-note is just jealous of your “sub-standard” education.
Bron, when contemplating my gen ed requiredments, I settled for geology because I had heard upperclassmen describe the course as “rocks for jocks.” As far as I’m concerned, that was a misdescription since I quickly found myself up to my ears in a mixture of chemistry, biology, physics, seismology and several related “ologies.”
Thank you Patty C (and welcome back) but I don’t think I could warm up a polka band at a firehall wedding. JT’s out of my league.
That said, I am enjoying Centurion for his bald-faced honesty in making the personal attacks. No pretense of logic or rationality with that fellow. He is the conservative psyche in all its fang and raised fur railing against the inevitable defeat of all it holds holy. I feel privileged to see the unvarnished truth stripped of spin. It’s like standing on some Mesozoic ledge and hearing the last wail of the last dinosaur–not really maddening but apocryphal.
Centurian:
“You will never be able to prescribe medications Mike A., you need to go to medical school in order to do that. Your limited and substandard education would preclude your entry into this highly scientific and academically rigorous discipline”
psychology is a science and academically rigorous? When did that happen? I wish I could have done some easy course of study like that, memorize a bunch of words and concepts and spit them back out for a test. Did you even have to think or analyze anything? Well you did probably take statistics, is that why you call what you do a “science”. Any chemistry, physics, calculus (the real one, that engineers take not the B school brand), biology beyond freshman?
Do you call yourself Centurion because you managed 100 on your IQ test? And does that set you apart from other psych majors who did not score that high?
Bron, you’re right. I did overstate my point a tad.
MikeA:
“Centurion, although you undoubtedly do not understand this, lawyers are the only people who stand between you and totalitarianism. Or perhaps you subscribe to Dr. Wales’ belief in anarchy, in which case you’re both on your own.”
dont rush to fast on that score, I think Adolf had some help from some like minded lawyers.
Mr. Wales:
yes I do know Northwestern, my son applied there and was accepted. However we thought he should go to a better school so he is at Vanderbilt.
Of course it’s my real name.
You are the coward. Everyone on this blog has a pseudonym, so spare me Mike A. Is that your real name?
Patty C. I am trembling in my wallabee’s, I am now going to crawl under the bed and turn out all the lights!
For Pete’s sake, Centurion, grow up. Your posts have consisted of nothing more than anonymous personal attacks against people about whom you know nothing and for obscure psychological reasons discernible only by Dr. Wales or your cousin. Each time you are challenged to say something factual on any topic, your response is more vitriol. A desire to protect one’s identity when espousing controversial views can be understandable under a variety of circumstances. A desire to protect one’s identity while spewing angry, mindless venom is simply cowardice.
Get a clue…
Mespo is JT’s warm up act – he rocks!
Mike A. you and your fellow ambulance chasers suffer from an overload of egocentrism. Attorney’s like psychologist’s come a dime a dozen. Mike A., you are just a spoke on a wheel, you just haven’t quite figured that out yet. Actually, I think you have, that’s why you feel the need to posture so much. In fact, you are beginning to morph into your fellow blogger Mespo, with your pathological need to be right and get the last word in. So sad.
Centurion, I’ve noticed your emphasis on what you perceive to be a lack of sufficient academic credentials for those posting on this site. I would be most happy to compare our respective educational backgrounds, but I am certain that you would decline the invitation. It would require the disclosure of your identity. Let me know.
Mespo, I think there is a pathology behind your need to get in the last word. I will be waiting for your last word. You are like my favorite Pavlovian dog. Just ring the hubris bell and out you bound.