Wrongly accused as 9/11 accomplice - and finally allowed to sue
And justice for all. Sort
of.
Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian pilot wrongly accused of training some
of the September 11 hijackers, should be allowed to claim compensation, the
UK’s high court has
ruled.
“I wept with relief when I heard the judgment,” Raissi said outside the court, following the decision. “I have always said I believed in British justice and I finally got it today.”
Raissi said his wrongful arrest had ruined his life and left him blacklisted as a pilot and unable to work…
His name had been on an FBI watchlist and he became the first person to be accused of participating in the attacks. After five months as a category A prisoner in Belmarsh high security prison, in south-east London, he was released when a judge ruled there was no evidence whatsoever to connect him with terrorism.
A video the FBI claimed showed Raissi with Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers, was revealed in court to be footage of him with his cousin. The government refused to compensate him for wrongful arrest and imprisonment and claims the British authorities were acting properly on an American request.
Once again, freedom and justice seems to have little to do with policing. The political hacks in charge of the practice of law will never admit their mistakes. Or the harm they cause.
“I wept with relief when I heard the judgment,” Raissi said outside the court, following the decision. “I have always said I believed in British justice and I finally got it today.”
Raissi said his wrongful arrest had ruined his life and left him blacklisted as a pilot and unable to work…
His name had been on an FBI watchlist and he became the first person to be accused of participating in the attacks. After five months as a category A prisoner in Belmarsh high security prison, in south-east London, he was released when a judge ruled there was no evidence whatsoever to connect him with terrorism.
A video the FBI claimed showed Raissi with Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers, was revealed in court to be footage of him with his cousin. The government refused to compensate him for wrongful arrest and imprisonment and claims the British authorities were acting properly on an American request.
Once again, freedom and justice seems to have little to do with policing. The political hacks in charge of the practice of law will never admit their mistakes. Or the harm they cause.
Posted: Thu - February 14, 2008 at 09:48 AM