Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantánamo

[annabanana]

This NYT item from today got buried in an post more than 24 hours old (hence, un-recommendable)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/us/21gitmo.html?hp

A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantánamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department to limit disclosures and setting the stage for new legal battles over the government’s reasons for holding the men indefinitely.

The ruling, which came in one of the main court cases dealing with the fate of the detainees, effectively set the ground rules for scores of cases by detainees challenging the actions of Pentagon tribunals that decide whether terror suspects should be held as enemy combatants.

It was the latest of a series of stinging legal challenges to the administration’s detention policies that have amplified pressure on the Bush administration to find some alternative to Guantánamo, where about 360 men are now being held.

A three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Washington unanimously rejected a government effort to limit the information it must turn over to the court and lawyers for the detainees.

(more at link)
This is a big fat slap in the face for those who are trying to set up a seperate & unequal justice system.

[Jim__]

1. Every court victory for the Guantanom detainees is a victory for the Constitution.

Unfortuantely, these victories may be overturned by the supreme court.

[annabanana]

2. This Country is headed off the cliff so fast right now that I

want to applaud every single speed bump in the road.

[Disturbed]

3. The GITMO Detainees will never be housed in the USA.

The Detainee part of GITMO will be closed within a few months because Repugs & Dems agree that it is horrible PR situation for America. The Detainees will be sent to other US Prisons, likely in Afghanistan, Diego Garcia & other Prisons that are not as infamous. Eventually, the number of Detainees will be reduced to under 50 because the rest aren't Terrorists &/or al Q or from other Terrorist groups. A few will eventually be tried. Some will be given long prison terms & some may be executed. The main drive now is to get them out of the public spot light.