Long-Delayed Justice

When Abu Zubaydah was arrested in March 2002, American officials vilified him. The Justice Department lawyers who wrote the torture memo described him as Osama bin Laden's "senior lieutenant." They said he was involved "in every major terrorist plot" carried out by Al Qaeda and that he was one of the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks. President Bush said he was a "trusted associate" of Bin Laden and vowed that he would be prosecuted.

His defense attorneys are now putting him through a trial to allow him to face his accusers and possibly to clear his name since it was deemed he has really no connection with Al Qaeda and yet has remained in prison since his arrest. I think this is astounding that even after he is proven innocent they still take him from his family and freedom.