Ethiopian woman denied asylum by Homeland Security -- based on a Wikipedia article

[thewayne]

*head goes all splodey*

Now, I'm a huge Wikipedia fan. I think it's a tremendous information resource, but it is definitely not authoritative. I'm not going to go there to find out how to reattach a severed limb. But basing a legal decision on it?

Geez, get a clue, people!

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/asylum-seeker-r.html

Comments

[deborak]

At least they're attempting to seek out a precedent. Most of the time judges just pull the answer out of their ass. Perhaps they should try Yahoo Answers next time. (Obviously, this doesn't even raise my eyebrows given the level of incompetence I attribute to our institutions.)