Judge Orders Pentagon Told to Release Gitmo Transcripts

[kpete]

Pentagon Told to Release Gitmo Transcripts By BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer
14 minutes ago



SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal judge ordered the Pentagon on Thursday to release the identities of hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to The Associated Press, a move which would force the government to break its secrecy and reveal the most comprehensive list yet of those who have been imprisoned there.


Some of the hundreds of detainees in the war on terror being held at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been held as long as four years. Only a handful have been officially identified.

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff in New York ordered the Defense Department to release uncensored transcripts of detainee hearings, which contain the names of detainees in custody and those who have been held and later released. Previously released documents have had identities and other details blacked out.

The judge ordered the government to hand over the documents by March 3 after the Defense Department said Wednesday it would not appeal his earlier ruling in the lawsuit filed by the AP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/guantanamo_ap_lawsuit

[louis-t]

1. Don't hold yer breath.

Gonzales will advise "his client" not to comply. "His clients" attitude will be "Make me."

[leftchick]

2. yeah well we can hope

but I doubt they will do it.

[joemurphy]

3. Right. They'll give us more of this John Yoo "unitary

executive" crap. We've just got to do a number on the Republicans in 2006.
This November is becoming more and more pivotal.

[ladjf]

4. The Pentagon ignores all court orders.