A man once considered a top al Qaeda operative escaped from a U.S.-run detention facility in Afghanistan . . .
Come on. He just escaped? From a U.S. detention facility? How does that happen? There has to be more to this story.
. . . and cannot testify against the soldier who allegedly mistreated him, a defense lawyer involved in a prison abuse case said Tuesday.
Ah!! The light dawns. He’s going to testify about prison abuse, and suddenly, he just "disappears". He "escaped" and can’t be found. Riiiiiight (wink, wink).
UPDATE: Emptywheel at The Next Hurrah smells the same rat.