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potential leadership of other prisoners. However, the judge granted Bout’stransfer to the general population, stating: “I find that Bout’s placement inthe SHU is not reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives butrather is an exaggerated response to the BOP’s concerns. Although Irecognize that courts are loathe to interfere with questions of prisonadministration, an area in which the BOP is best suited to make decisions, Icannot shirk my duty under the Constitution and Turner [Turner v. Safley,482 U.S. 78 (1987)] to ensure that Bout’s confinement is not arbitrary andexcessively harsh.”References:United States v. Viktor Bout, “Order Granting Viktor Bout’s Request for aTransfer to General Population,” Opinion and Order, 08 CR 365 (SAS), February 24,2012, http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/order-granting-viktor-bouts-request-for-86008/Butt, Ashar Iqbal. Butt was a recent immigrant to the U.S. from Pakistan.Around September 8, 2001, while visiting Manhattan, he had a friend takepictures of him in front of the World Trade Center. The photo store said thepictures would be ready in a few days. On September 12, 2001, a day afterthe attack on the World Trade Center, Butt went to get the photographs, butthe store had written his name down incorrectly and the clerk could notfind the pictures. Butt left hurriedly, looking anxious. The clerk made asecond search for the pictures, and on finding them saw the World TradeCenter in the background and called the FBI. Butt was immediatelyarrested and accused of entering the U.S. on a false passport. He was heldin jail until June 8, 2002, much of the time in solitary confinement, andthen was given an opportunity to plead guilty to the false passport charge,which he did on September 12. He was sentenced to six months in jail andordered deported. Defense attorney Anser Ahmad called Butt a “victim ofB-10