Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al Janko can't catch a break. The Syrian man was jailed by the Taliban, tortured by Al Qaeda (under suspicion of being a Western spy), then held at Guantánamo Bay for seven years, during which his lawyers say he was "subjected to techniques that were, on information and belief, designed and intended to break him down both physically and psychologically" (beatings, sleep deprivation, "continuous" humiliation). In 2009, a judge ordered his release, saying the idea that he was a member of Al Qaeda "defies common sense."

But yesterday, the Supreme Court reused to hear his wrongful detainment lawsuit because... he's apparently an "enemy combatant."

Some of his classified files, published by the New York Times, indicate that he's admitted to various things while being detained by the Taliban and the US, from traveling with jihadist groups to plotting to kill Osama bin Laden and conducting espionage work for Israel and the US. I'm no interrogation expert, but I'd guess almost a decade of torture makes one's "confessions" a little suspect. According to Democracy Now!, al Janko attempted suicide 17 times at Guantánamo.

In other Supremes news, Raw Story reports that the court also handed a victory to the CIA yesterday, in a case over release of information regarding prisoner Mohammed al-Qahtani:

The Center for Constitutional Rights claimed the images showed the US government had tortured Qahtani, known as the 20th hijacker for his intention to enter the United States to participate in the September 11, 2001 terror strikes.

The high court justices left in place a September decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit saying the images are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, which concerns the release of government-held information.

In its ruling, the appeals court agreed with the CIA that the photographs and videos “could logically and plausibly harm national security because these images are uniquely susceptible to use by anti-American extremists as propaganda to incite violence against United States interests domestically and abroad.”

But for International Women's Day, someone at MIT made LEGO versions of the four women who've served on the Supreme Court.

So that's nice, I guess.