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Today a D.C. federal court released the opinion that orders the release of Guant谩namo detainee Mohamedou Salahi (also spelled 鈥淪lahi鈥�), a citizen of Mauritania. The decision was issued on March 22, but wasn't made public until today, upon completion of a classification review. Some of the decision is still classified.

Salahi has been in U.S. custody for more than eight years. He was arrested in Mauritania on suspicion of ties to al Qaeda. The U.S. government then illegally rendered him to Jordan, where he was detained, interrogated and abused for eight months. He was then rendered to Bagram, Afghanistan, and finally to Guant谩namo, where he has been held since August 2002.

While at Guant谩namo, Salahi was subjected to an array of horrifying treatment, including being held in total isolation for months, kept in a freezing cold cell, shackled to the floor, and subjected to the 鈥渇requent flyer鈥� program, during which he was awakened every few hours to deprive him of sleep. These abuses wereconfirmed and documented in a (PDF) that investigated allegations of detainee mistreatment at Guant谩namo.

In the decision, Judge James Robertson wrote:

There is ample evidence in this record that Salahi was subjected to extensive and severe mistreatment at Guant谩namo

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Couch, a military lawyer originally assigned to prosecute the case against Salahi in the military commissions, determined that Salahi鈥檚 self-incriminating statements were so tainted by torture that they couldn鈥檛 ethically be used against him. Lt. Col. Couch told his supervisors that he was "morally opposed" to Salahi鈥檚 treatment and for that reason he refused to participate in the prosecution.

The Department of Justice is appealing Judge Robertson鈥檚 decision. that Salahi is the 34th Guant谩namo detainee whose imprisonment has been judged illegal by the federal courts. The 老澳门开奖结果 joined Mr. Salahi鈥檚 legal team, which is led by Nancy Hollander of Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Ives & Duncan P.A., several months ago.