Terrorist Released By American Justice System

If I were Michelle Malkin, I'd be all "where is the MSM outrage???!1!?? Dhimmis!!11!" about the fact that a known international terrorist responsible for airplane bombings and the deaths of hundreds has been released by the U.S. criminal justice system. But of course, he's the wrong KIND of terrorist.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone threw out immigration charges against Posada Carriles, and ordered his electronic tracking bracelet removed. He had been free on bail, pending an immigration trial that was scheduled to begin this week.

According to CNN, the departments of Justice and Homeland Security are “reviewing Cardone’s decision”, and it is not clear at this point whether or not the judge’s ruling will be appealed.

What is clear, beyond all reasonable doubt, is that Posada Carriles is an international terrorist who was trained and financed by the U.S. government. Whether he was operating as a freelancer, or at the behest of his CIA handlers when he carried out his terrorist acts is completely beside the point. Documents from the U.S. government make it clear that the man plotted the bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people, and he has admitted being involved in hotel bombings in Havana. In fact, he’s quite proud of his curriculum vitae as a terrorist.

The Cuban airliner bombing happened with the knowledge of the CIA, and it occurred when a guy named George Bush was CIA Director. You might know him as the President's father.

By the way, why were these immigration charges tossed out?

Cardone threw out the interview with immigration authorities that was the basis of the charges against Posada. The interview was poorly translated for him, she found, and "No effective communication existed between defendant and the interviewers."

"In light of the fact that the indictment in this case is based upon statements made during the naturalization interview, this court finds that the interpretation is so inaccurate as to render it unreliable as evidence of defendant's actual statements," she wrote.

In addition, Cardone condemned what she called government manipulation in the case, noting that Posada's naturalization interview was unusual in that it stretched eight hours over two days, as opposed to the usual maximum of 30 minutes.

Cardone called the interview a "pretext for a criminal investigation."

Although "warnings" were provided to Posada at the beginning of the interview, she wrote, they were read to him in English without any translation, and his attorney continually was told that if Posada exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, it would result in termination of the interview.

"More importantly," she wrote, "defendant did not receive an explanation of the true import of the government's inquiry."

Wow, it was so mismanaged, it was almost like the Justice Department wanted to see him set free...

(not to mention the fact that the judge had no choice but to toss the case out of respect for the - wait for it - great writ of habeas corpus)

It's incredible that we hear so much in this country about the need to capture terrorists, and yet when a terrorist is bombing places we want bombed - trying to kill Castro, for example - we will allow him to go free. The hypocrisy is sickening.