How compromised is the American legal system? This compromised. “US judge backs Palestinian Authority’s bid to conceal memo linking it to 2002 Israel bombing,” by Bruce Golding for the New York Post, January 14 (thanks to Anne Crockett):
A Us judge has ruled that the Palestinian Authority has the right to cover up a memo linking it to a suicide bombing that killed two teen American citizens in Israel, The Post has learned.
The document “” accidentally handed over to lawyers suing the authority for $300 million on behalf of the teens” parents “” reveals a “close relationship” between the bomber and a captain in the Palestinian Authority security forces who planned the terror attack, court papers say.
The two-page memo, written in April 2012 by Maj. Ziad Abu Hamid of the authority”s General Intelligence Service, also details “at least six other critical facts” about the 2002 bombing and “clearly establishes the defendants” material support and liability,” the federal court filing says.
But Washington, DC, federal Judge Richard Leon ordered the memo returned or destroyed after the authority”s lawyers claimed it was “privileged and protected” information.
Scott Shatsky, 60, the Brooklyn-born father of one victim, called the decision “incomprehensible.”
“It makes me feel that justice is not being done,” the Brighton Beach native said. “Maybe I”m missing something, but to me it’s just outrageous.”…
You’re not missing anything.