Pentagon loses legal round on Guantanamo names

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/pl_nm/security_guantanamo_dc;_ylt=AhFGJOEe1uZmuE0ihw6CmTms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected the U.S. Defense Department's argument for not disclosing the names of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but stopped short of ordering that the names be released.

Judge Jed S. Rakoff's order on Wednesday was a victory for the Associated Press, which sued the
Pentagon in April 2005 seeking the names of detainees and transcripts of hearings held by the U.S. military to determine whether they were properly classified as enemy combatants.

The Pentagon tried to block the Associated Press' attempt to report the names of Guantanamo detainees, arguing that doing so could imperil the families of the detainees or the detainees themselves should they be released and return to their home countries.

In a six-page order, Rakoff wrote, "The Department of Defense has failed on this motion to establish ... any cognizable privacy interest on the part of the detainees. ... Accordingly, the defendant's summary judgment motion is denied."

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1. The justice Dept is saying with a straight face that they are concerned

about the prisoners' privacy rights?!!!! They don't give a damn about any of their other rights. This is sheer hypocracy!