Feb 6th, 2009
Posted by Suzanne Ito, ACLU at 11:10am	National Security

BREAKING: Charges Withdrawn Against al-Nashiri

Susan Crawford, Convening Authority of the Military Commissions, has withdrawn charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. You'l recall that Judge James Pohl declined President Obama's request for a continuance. Her letter states:

I considered carefully the 5 February 2009 request by the prosecution to withdraw charges and specifications in the case of United States v. A d aI-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri. I find that withdrawal is in the best interests of justice. Pursuant to my authority under Rule for Military Commissions 604, I hereby withdraw without prejudice all charges and specifications referred to trial by military commission in this case.

Al-Nashiri is being represented by a team of military and civilian lawyers, including Nancy Hollander of the ACLU’s John Adams Project and Lt. Cmdr. Steven Reyes. We'll have more shortly.

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1. Justice4ALL Says:
   Feb 6th, 2009 at 1:48pm

   Please help the hard working women of Lafayette College. Six women have come forth to stop sexual harassment at the college. The pervert responsible for sexually harassing these women was sentenced to 18 months probation in a plea bargain. How could such a plea bargain be available this scares me. The man accused of the harassment is basically walking away untouched. He got his rocks off for years at these women’s expense. This man was put in a position to protect the college, its employees, and its students. Below are the local newspapers links to the articles. Please help these women return to there jobs. These women were scared to come forth because the man responsible carried a gun and must have had some kind of connection with college considering he worked there for 20 years. Lafayette is trying to sweep this under the rug and its working. I hope the ACLU can help these women and make it known that these type of actions will not just be swept under the table.

   http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b4_3lafayette.676928 1feb04,0,2728419.story

   http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/i ndex.ssf/2009/02/sixth_woman_files_civil_lawsui.html

2. Matt Byrne Says:
   Feb 6th, 2009 at 10:09pm

   Congrats, Ms. Hollander and Lt. Cmdr. Reyes! Great work!