Brits go nuts over discomfort of released terrorist

Richard Littlejohn:

Maybe I'm in a minority of one here, but I still don't understand the fuss over Binyam Mohamed.

He has become the poster boy for all those who want to undermine our security services and destroy our special relationship with the United States.

Why did the Government go to such lengths to secure his release from Guantanamo Bay and then charter a private jet to fly him 'home' to Britain?

For the umpteenth time, he's not British. He's not even a British 'resident'.

He is an Ethiopian national who lived here for a few years before choosing to move to Afghanistan, where he is said to have attended an Alky Ada training camp.

At the time of his arrest, he was attempting to board a plane in Pakistan using a forged passport.

Frankly, he is not our responsibility. We owe him nothing. Why would anyone in their right mind want him back?

British intelligence officers are accused of colluding in his alleged torture on the basis of supplying a few pertinent questions to his interrogators about what he got up to while he was living here.

That's their job, for heaven's sake. They would be failing in their duty if they didn't make every attempt to glean information from suspected terrorists who want to do us harm.

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This poor baby was part of a dirty bomb plot and he was kept awake for a few days to see what other plots may have been afoot. I had some professors in college who did the same to me and all I was trying to do was pass their course.

Other than Littlejohn, the Brits have gone nuts over the guy. They are even threatening to prosecute officers of their intelligence service who had nothing to do with the conditions of the guys confinement.

We should never have turned this guy loose. He should have been required to stay in Gitmo until the end of the war. Releasing him and letting the terrorist rights wackos use him for their propaganda purposes was a real mistake.