Al Qaeda suspect, held in U.S. for 7 years, became recruitment tool for terror group - officials

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Source: NY Daily News

WASHINGTON - A group of intelligence experts argued today that holding an Al Qaeda suspect for seven years on U.S. soil without charge has been a recruiting bonanza for Osama Bin Laden's thugs.

The 16 highly-respected intelligence and counterterror officials signed a brief filed with the Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear the case of "enemy combatant" Ali Saleh al-Marri - a top priority of Team Obama.

Eyed as an Al Qaeda "sleeper" agent, Al-Marri was arrested at his home in Illinois three months after the 9/11 attacks and charged with terrorism. But in 2003, ex-President Bush turned him over to the U.S. military, which holds him without charge in a South Carolina Navy brig.

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"The result is a powerful recruitment tool for violent extremists ... and greater risk to the security of the Nation," argued experts from the top ranks of the CIA, FBI, NSA, National Security Council, Pentagon, Treasury and Justice Departments.

The ex-officials include Iraq WMD hunter David Kay, Bush's terror adviser Frank Cilluffo, CIA counterterror chief Paul Pillar, and CIA and FBI adviser John MacGaffin.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/01/28/2009-01-28_al_qaeda_suspect_held_in_us_for_7_years_.html

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

1. Is that Yanni?

[liberal N proud]

2. The bu$h regime actually made the world less safe

DUH!