Oct
6
“The court has not reached this conclusion lightly. It is acutely aware of the perilous nature of the world in which we live. But the Constitution is the rock upon which our nation rests. We must follow it not only when it is convenient, but when fear and danger beckon in a different direction. To do less would diminish us and undermine the foundation upon which we stand.”
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, reading his order to bar federal prosecutors from using information obtained while Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was being interrogated in an overseas jail by the CIA. Quoted in today’s New York Times.
