Friday, October 19, 2012
Plante Released
After spending a week in solitary confinement at one of Obama's little Guantanamos, Leah-Lynn Plante has been released from FDC SeaTac. That's the good news.
The bad news is that spending a week in solitary confinement in federal prison, for a person already traumatized by a SWAT team raid on her home, is not something soon forgotten. After living with the anxiety of facing 18 months in prison for refusing to speak to a grand jury in July, Leah-Lynn was already depressed and terrified before she was subjected to federal custody and the inhumane brutality of solitary confinement.
So, while we are glad Leah-Lynn has been released, the bastards at the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Seattle U.S. Attorney's office, not to mention the White House and Department of Justice, have no excuse for what they've done to a young woman they admit committed no crime. Think about that.
The bad news is that spending a week in solitary confinement in federal prison, for a person already traumatized by a SWAT team raid on her home, is not something soon forgotten. After living with the anxiety of facing 18 months in prison for refusing to speak to a grand jury in July, Leah-Lynn was already depressed and terrified before she was subjected to federal custody and the inhumane brutality of solitary confinement.
So, while we are glad Leah-Lynn has been released, the bastards at the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Seattle U.S. Attorney's office, not to mention the White House and Department of Justice, have no excuse for what they've done to a young woman they admit committed no crime. Think about that.
