Binyam Mohamed, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi and what US has Covered Up

Let's hope that the current and recent well-followed (by a few diligent writers/foreign policy and human rights experts)items on Binyam Mohamed and Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi will soon come more fully to public light - because - surely suspicions will continue to be raised as to why US/British officials want to keep the lid closed so tightly on these two cases particularly right now and a few more nearly everyone US/British is ignoring such as that of Aafia Siddiqui. (But not Pakistan, our "ally".)

Surely when the truth is out, there is yet more top damning information to help close down not only GTMO but to be much more clear about any more such torture "black holes" and prolonged detention or any detention via bounty, kidnapping without charge nor prompt fair trial anywhere. See Human Rights Watch's Current Press Release on Jordan, for example.

And support Senator Feingold's probe on prolonged detention at a planned June Judiciary Committee. See Feingold's letter just below.

This following submission by Robert Naiman further confirms Andy's breaking story a week or so ago - I thought you'd appreciate seeing yet another. (there should have been - maybe still will be - many more such confirming pieces out in the media - mainstream and otherwise) By the way, Robert Naiman is doing some really good work with his Just Foreign Policy group and his free emailed reports are regular and well-researched.

Powell Denies Knowing He Used Tortured Evidence for UN Case

Tue, 2009-05-26 12:29.

The most damning credible allegation to emerge regarding the Bush Administration is arguably that Dick Cheney and other Bush Administration officials ordered the use of torture to produce false evidence of a connection between Iraq and al-Qaida to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff at the State Department under Colin Powell, recently wrote,as the administration authorized harsh interrogation in April and May of 2002 - well before the Justice Department had rendered any legal opinion - its principal priority for intelligence was not aimed at pre-empting another terrorist attack on the U.S. but discovering a smoking gun linking Iraq and al-Qa'ida

Wilkerson cited the case of detainee Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, whose tortured testimony was crucial for building the case for war, and was cited in Powell's speech to the UN. (Continued...)

For MORE of this story, SEE the item here

Also keep following Andy Worthington who is keeping up with depth reporting on many of the detainee cases probably better than any one writer: here Comments on his site (and sometimes on Huff Post) are also quite interesting to follow for additional information.