Justice?

Here is the kind of treatment Egyptians revolted against.  Saeed Hatim of Yemen was captured in 2001.  He was sent to a prison where he was tortured; he still can’t lift his left arm without pain.  He has said his confession to crimes was the result of his being beaten, blindfolded, and threatened with rape.

A lower court actually said that Mr. Hatim’s petition for release should be granted, but he should remain in detention while the government appealed.  A higher court then said that Mr Hatim’s case had to be heard again because the government had adopted new standards for guilt.  This story was reported in the New York Times on Feb. 16.

I should mention that it is the U.S. holding Mr. Hatim in Guantanamo.  The first ruling was by a district court judge; the second by a federal court of appeals in Washington.  This is how we fight our “war on terror.”  I don’t even know who to complain to.