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And no doubt in a secret CIA prison somewhere, being regularly motivated to advise the Bush administration on how to treat Guantanamo detainees.

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined that Huzaifa Parhat, who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay for more than six years, is not an enemy combatant. The U.S. military was directed “to release Parhat, to transfer him or to hold a new proceeding in light of the appeals court’s ruling”.

Tuesday night, Derek Stoffel, host of CBC Radio’s “As It Happens” asked Parhat’s lawyer, Sabin Willett: “What’s your client’s reaction to this ruling?”

The unbelievable response:

Boy what a great question that is because my client doesn’t know about this ruling because I’m not allowed to tell him. […] He’s sitting in solitary confinement today. He has no idea what’s happened as far as I know.

Would you have believed eight years ago you would ever live to see the day when American justice was reduced to this?