Bush's Guantánamo policy falls apart
Yesterday's court-ordered release of Guantánamo detainees has far-reaching implications for the future of the prison
The Bush administration's Guantánamo policy is collapsing all around them as they pack their offices and prepare to leave Washington. At a steady pace through the last few years that accelerated this summer and into the fall, US judges have been unravelling the faulty legal basis used to construct and sustain Guantánamo. The latest rebuke is perhaps the most significant. For the first time a federal judge has ruled on the merits of the government's evidence against a group of detainees it contends are enemy combatants, and Judge Richard Leon ordered five of the six Algerians in the case be released from custody "forthwith". This decision will have far-reaching implications as president-elect Barack Obama develops his plans to close Guantánamo and return US detainee policy to firm legal footing.
I find it incredible that these men were first released by a court in their own country before being kidnapped off the court steps by the Bush regime and spirited away to Guantánamo. Perhaps, Bush should face trial?
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Just wait to see who Bush grants pardons to before he leaves office, starting with himself, then down the chain of command with Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and so on.
Might even surprise everyone with one for Tony Wots His Name!
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