(U.S. Supreme) Court rejects new challenge from Gitmo detainees

[Ian David]

Source: AP via MSNBC

updated 14 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has rejected a new appeal from the Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay who want the government to give them a 30-day notice of where they will be sent when they are released.

The Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs (pronounced WEE'-gurz), and detainees from other countries want to be able to challenge their transfer if they could be sent to countries where they have a reasonable fear of torture, or even continued confinement.

The government says it already has a policy against sending detainees anywhere they are likely to be tortured or imprisoned at the request of the United States.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35983736

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Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/BreakingNews/status/10873886917

[ixion]

1. And in other news:

GITMO residents, permanent or otherwise, will now required to purchase health insurance.

[Soylent Brice]

2. i don't see how asking for a 30-day notice interferes with that policy.

am i missing something here?
K&R

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Another win for the Obama Administration!

[Solly Mack]

4. k/r

"The government says it already has a policy against sending detainees anywhere they are likely to be tortured or imprisoned at the request of the United States."

That's a funny sentence.

That said...


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/us/politics/25rendition.html