Yaser Esam Hamdi, the 21-year-old Taliban soldier who has been held without charges for several months, does not deserve a lawyer even though he's an American citizen, the Justice Department told a federal judge. And if he has a court-appointed lawyer, he shouldn't have the right to actually meet with the lawyer. In fact, Hamdi does have a lawyer, Federal Public Defender Frank W. Dunham Jr., even though he may not realize it. "To me this is scary stuff," Dunham told The Washington Post. "This guy is a U.S. citizen and according to the government he can be held for life without ever seeing a judge or a lawyer." Oh Frank Frank Frank, what's so scary about that? That is just so nineties.
October 22, 2002 8:34 PM
