i prosecuted mohammed jawad for too long.ipated in the commissions for too long. >> reporter: the pentagon in a statement to cbs news said "vandeveld's statements are proven to be unsubstantiated." >> the pentagon propaganda machine is hard at work to try to discredit darrell vandeveld. >> reporter: he received a poor evaluation report, which essentially ends his military career. >> you do the right thing, you will be forever grateful you did it no matter what happens to you. >> reporter: darrell's biggest regret, mohammed jawad is still behind bars, awaiting trial in guantanamo. lara logan, cbs news, williamsburg, virginia. >>> coming up this morning on "the early show," the latest on hurricane bill. we'll speak with the coast guard members who took part in that dramatic rescue off acadia national park. i'm michelle guillen. this is the "cbs morning news." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm a diabetic and i want you to know over 230,000 u.s. doctors have authorized their patients to receive their diabetic supplies thr

this afghan man, mohammed jawad, was one of the youngest people ever held at the prison. now, about 21, jawad was returned yesterday after spending almost seven years at guantanamo. >> translator: i'm very happy. i can't even fit into my clothes. i spent a long time in jail. thanks to god, i'm very happy to be back with my family. >> jawad was freed by a military judge which ruled he had been forced to confess to wounding u.s. soldiers with a grenade. there were also concerns about his age. relatives claimed he was only about 12 when he was arrested, although the pentagon said tests put its age closer to 17. his lawyers claim jawad was repeatedly tortured while in jail. >>> and that takes us to our new segment "how you see it." we'd like to know from you, was detention at guantanamo the right treatment for mohammed jawad or not? how should the united states deal with terror suspects arrested when they are still children? you can let us know by going to the "how you see it" section on our website at worldfocus.org. we'll report back on what you said tomorrow. >>> well, las

the government declined to press criminal charges, and jawad was freed. but today, this young man, has little education and no money. and like other released prisoners, his anger to the u.s. makes him vulnerable to the taliban. >> if an opportunity is provided for some guys to be exploited by the terrorist groups, it would be very easy to exploit them. >> reporter: the u.s. plans to close guantanamo. but without oversight and careful reintegration, former detainees can become future enemies. nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> and one more item from afghanistan. 700 major fraud complaints about the recent presidential election have now been filed. at this point, president karzai is leading with 46%, but the final results can't be certified until all of those fraud complaints are resolved. >>> and, a major shift of power for a major u.s. ally tonight the votes are still being counted in japan, but it appears to be a landslide victory for the opposition, ending 54 years of nearly unbroken rule by the more conservative ruling party. the opposition promised s

now, abo mohammed jawad was return yesterd. after sending almost seven years at guantanamo. >> translator: i'very happy. i can't even fit to my clothes. i spent a long time in jail. thanks to god'm have happy to be back with my faly. >> was freed by a military judge which ruled he had been forced to confess. relatives claid he was only 12 when he wa arrested. although the pentagon said test put his ag at closer to 17. s lawyers claim jawad was repeatedlyortured while in jail. >>> and that tkes uso our w segmen "how you see it." we'd like to know from you, w tention at guantanamo the right treatmt for mammed jawad or not? how should t united states dealith teror suspects arsted when they are still children you can let us know by gong to the "how you see it"ection on our website a worldcus.org. we'll rert back on what you said tomorrow. >>> well last night, we asked you another qstion about afghanistan abou dpening amican involvement and whether the united stes should send in evenore troops to battlthe taliban as t security situa

. >> couric: one other terror note mohammed jawad who was sent to guantanamo as a teen aujer nearly seven years ago is back home in afghanistan tonight. last month, a federal judge ordered his release after a military judge ruled that afghan interrogators had forced jawad to confess to charges he wounded two american soldiers and their interpreter. now to the latest on the michael jackson case. the associated press is reporting tonight that the los angeles county coroner has ruled his death a homicide. this could lead to criminal charges in an investigation that has focused on the pop star's doctor. here's sandra hughes. >> reporter: after weeks of speculating, documents now confirm michael jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol, a sedative usually used only in hospitals. according to the affidavit, jackson's david, conrad murray, had been treating jackson for insomnia for approximately the past six weeks. he had been giving jackson 50 milligram of propofol every night via intravenous drip to assist jackson in sleeping. >> inconceivable you'd use in the a home

mohammed jawad has been sent back to his family in afghanistan and to meet president karzai. he was accused of throwing a grenade at american soldiers seven years ago. an afghan journalist has been shot dead, thought by taliban militants. this was in northwest pakistan. he was forced off a bus and then killed. he worked in pakistan for an afghan television station. he was returning from afghanistan. seven members of an outlawed group linked to al-qaeda have been arrested in karachi. they had suicide vests and heroin. they are blamed for a string of attacks, including the killing of an american journalist. >> scotland's justice secretary was unrepentant in edinburgh, defending his position to free the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. kenny macaskill said his decision had nothing to do with politics, economics, or diplomacy -- only scottish law and scottish values. >> an act of justice. or one of nine years of falling. the scottish justice secretary has found himself at the center of a political storm. the scottish parliament was called for an emergency session to defend

>> muhammad jawad who might have been as young as 12 years old has been held in gitmo for almost seven years, fredricka. quite frankly, the judge who decided this case said, you know what, enough is enough. even the prosecutor said he was embarrassed by what happened. he's on his way back to afghanistan. >> he allegedly caused some problems in kabul. >> maybe. >> allegedly. so the judge is saying at this point, it's just been too long. so richard, is there sympathy because this was a young person, 12 years old at the time, that same kind of, i guess courtesy is not being -- or concern is not being extended to others, other detainees. >> i think what the softness about the case is, the fact that there's no evidence against this guy. that's where it's at. all the evidence they had against him was obtained as a result of special tactics used on him to elicit this information, or these confessions. so even the government says, we have nothing except his confessions. we have no independent corroboration. we're really not ready for trial. the judge said, seven years, avery's right, i've had

a military judge found that jawad initially denied throwing the grenade but changed his story after afghan authorities threatened to kill him and his family. we're told he wants to go back to school. >>> partial results are now in from afghanistan's presidential election. they show the incumbent harmid karzai and his challenger abdullah, abdullah neck and neck. that's on top of other alleged irregulari irregularities. atia reports from kabul. >> reporter: intimidation, violence and ballot stuffing. afghanistan elections were marred from the start and now allegations of fraud are flying. presidential candidate dr. abdullah abdullah alleges that harmid karzai's campaign is stealing the election in front of the world's eyes and the reprecussions will be severe. >> the survival of the state and i don't see a future for this country. the level of disappointment of the people. >> reporter: already hundreds of complaints have poured into the electrical complaints commission with several dozens labeled as high priority. the ecc chaired by a canadian says it will delay result announcement until the