Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit October 17, 2008, Docket 06-4046-ag (Alibasic v. Mukasey)

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

We are asked on this appeal to review the August 3, 2006, decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the BIA”) which vacated the December 13, 2004, oral decision of Immigration Judge Margaret McManus (“the IJ”), of the United States Immigration Court, granting Bajram Albasic’s application for asylum under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.