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Former Intel Employee 'Disappeared' by U.S.

Posted by michael on from the start-of-a-trend dept.

pmodern writes "Wired has this story about Maher "Mike" Hawash a former Intel programmer who is being held by the DOJ for suspected terrorism. Anyone familiar with the Kevin Mitnick saga will not be surprised that he hasn't been charged and has been locked away in solitary. 'For nearly two weeks, he has been held as a so-called "material witness" in solitary confinement in a federal lockup in Sheridan, Oregon. The designation allows authorities to hold him indefinitely without charging him with a crime.'" See also a NYT article and the Free Mike Hawash website.

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  1. Warblogging by Forager · · Score: 5, Informative

    Warblogging.com has been covering Hawash's story, as well as the Total Information Awareness story for a good while now. "George Paine" is a well-informed writer and his links are usually pretty good.

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  2. Disappeared? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Disappeared" would imply that no one knew where he was.

    There are regimes in the world that actually do this, like Iraq and Iran. Some of the South American governments were infamous for this.

    So, the issue might be that he is being detained without due process or habeas corpus rights, but please don't confuse the issue and say the US government "disappeared" him.