Omar Khadr war crimes charges lack legal basis, U.S. memo suggests
Previously secret memo on CIA involvement in drone killings casts doubt on validity of case against Canadian
A previously secret Justice Department memo on CIA involvement in drone killings is casting new doubt on whether the American government had any legal basis to prosecute Canada's Omar Khadr for war crimes.
In fact,the document emphatically rejects any such legal foundation, Khadr's lawyers argue in new filings to the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review, which also suggest his convictions at Guantanamo Bay should be set aside immediately.
The Department of Justice memo — produced in July 2010 in relation to the drone targeting of U.S. citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki — only came to light last month after a court ordered it disclosed in a hard-fought freedom of information case by the New York Times and the American Civil Liberties Union.
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