The Loaded Weapon

Abstract

Ahmed's IncarcerationWhat do you make of Nasser Ahmed's incarceration? An imagined Kafkaesque trial of the absurd? Could it be real, here in the United States?Nasser Ahmed spends over three years in prison as a national security threat. Secret in a secret government proceeding marks him a bona fide threat to the nation's security. An Egyptian father of four U.S. citizen children, Ahmed is never charged with a crime. Even so, the Immigration and Naturalization Service imprisons and then seeks to deport him based on evidence hidden from Ahmed and his attorney. For an entire year, the government refuses to even furnish Ahmed's lawyer with a summary of the evidence. Finally, the government provides a one-line summary, asserting only that it has evidence concerning respondent's association with a known terrorist The government refuses to identify the organization. Unable to defend himself against nonexistent charges on the basis of undisclosed evidence in a pro...

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