He was one of the American citizens detained indefinitely, without counsel or charge, on the grounds that he was an “enemy combatant” and therefore not subject to the rights of the accused as we enshrine them here. See, he was SO DANGEROUS that they had to hold him in secret and not allow him to address the evidence against him.

Right. He’s being released in a deal wherein he must (a) renounce his US Citizenship and (b) leave the US for Saudi Arabia.

I’m sorry, but What. The. Fuck?

The agreement to free Yaser Esam Hamdi represents a stunning reversal for the Bush administration, which argued for more than two years that the former Taliban fighter was potentially so dangerous that he had to be detained indefinitely in solitary confinement with no access to counsel and no right to trial.

It will be interesting to hear how Hamdi characterizes his ordeal once he’s free to talk. Terrorist or not, I’m not happy with the DOJ’s actions here, and this deal seems custom-tailored to save face in the wake of several rulings putting them in their place. As it happens, the Constitution is, you know, LAW and all.