CrimLaw

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The FBI detained "almost 800 immigrants after the terrorist attacks. Under the veil of court-approved secrecy, detainees were held for long periods without charges even when they clearly had nothing to do with terrorism, were denied access to lawyers and were blocked from immigration courts."

"The Justice Department's policy was to hold detainees until they were cleared by the FBI. But the FBI, the audit says, made little effort to distinguish between terrorism suspects and immigrants found accidentally as agents followed up leads. Detentions averaged 80 days rather than the few days expected by the Justice Department, which failed to review and expedite cases."

"Now the officials who crafted the Bush administration's seize-and-hold policies are being advised to get lawyers."

Not much more I can say about that.

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