Another Gitmo Detainee To Be Released

It becomes clearer all the time that they just rounded up people that anyone on the street suggested was "different." It is a pretty weak criteria for terrorism. This guy is the equivalent of a number of homeless people we see all the time, someone in serious need of mental health services. This is very sad and unnecessary.

Miami Herald: Yemeni psych patient ordered freed from Guantánamo

Latif's attorney, David Remes, has long described the man as despairing and suicidal -- covering himself in excrement, throwing blood at the lawyer, consuming shards of metal.


"This is a mentally disturbed man who has said from the beginning that he went to Afghanistan seeking medical care because he was too poor to pay for it. Finally, a court has recognized that he's been telling the truth, and ordered his release."