Legalities

What do we do if no other country will take these men?

disgustedformerdemocrat: to answer, if their own country won't take them, I say move them all nextstore to the judge who ordered their release.

Remember Daniel Pearl? Send them to Pakistan.

Obama got what he wanted. Club Gitmo will be history soon. Terrorists will roam the streets again. Thank you Democrats!

Obama's wish, this decision is nothing to do with Obama. Last time I looked Bush was still president and the judge is just applying the law that applies under the Bush administration.

old news? pray the action taken at once to release the five; what implications does the reporter interpret to be forthcoming as important consequences? international dialogue, high authority and definition of normal relations, per se: how effected?

"Obama's Wish"---the President-Elect doesn't want terrorists on the streets and you know this. he wants an end to infinite detainment of human beings without trial. not everone who was taken to Guantanamo Bay is guilty and they are that could have been proved in a court of law. some of these people have been there since 2001. almost 8 years and no legal action at all in their cases? concentration camps aren't cool.

Imagine being pick up and sent to that place with no TRIALS or anything and you never play apart in the fighting.

but lets play devils advocate . if someone INVADES America and we as citizens pick up arms and fight them...and they caught us; put us somewhere like Guantanamo, what should the charge be ?.. afterall we were only defending our country.

many times i wish many Americans look at this from the other side and i think a realty check will set in.

"one man's terrorist is another freedom fighter".

Bosnia has already agreed to take them. All the charges were unfounded. In other words- THEY ARE INNOCENT. They have not seen their wives or children in almost 8 years. Do you think these children will even know their fathers?

Hope we don't have to pay them or their lawyers.

Five suspects imprisoned for such a long time for nothing. Their lives ruined and their future tainted. This is not American justice it is incompetence and unfair human rights violation and those responsible should be brought to justice. It is time to gain the high moral ground again as soon as the gang that has ruled Washington for the past 8 years leaves town. I am sure the response of Cheney will be "SO"

LongT---it would have been much cheaper and far fairer to have them charged and tried in a court of law, not the kangaroo court that is Guatanamo Bay. i mean the Geneva Convention and Accords are international standards of how to treat people because it is how we would wish to be treated. we are, as you know, in violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions. this is a stain on our history. we are better that this. in two months this will be over.

Mark, these guys were from Algeria, not Afghanistan or Iraq...they were not "defending their country"...they were caught attempting to enter the combat theater and suspected of siding against US forces there...with that siad, the judge applied the rule of law, and so it stands...the men will be released...I don't think it's terrible or the end of the world, etc...btw, are you aware of the US military's presence in the African Sahel? The US is training armies of nations from Niger to Mali to counter islamist movements like those in Algeria...movements that these guys were likely a part of...

> This is not American justice, it is incompetence and unfair human rights violation and those responsible should be brought to justice.

LongT: You are 100% correct. The big question: Why are radical right-wingers so quick to abandon the Constitution and all sense of human decency every time a national emergency arises? The answer is: it's the easy path for low-IQ incompetents. And the chief of all these is Cheney. God save us from the destruction of our country by the right-wing.

You people have human rights concerns? Do you think these people were picked up innocently shopping at the market? Let them move near you kool-aid drinkers. The people that are there are people who killed our soldiers and others. I say let them stay in Cuba. Open the doors and let them out there. What a travesty. I'm sure the ACLU will set them up in a nice condo somewhere so they can begin plotting against us on our own land.

Spann was killed during a riot at the Qala-i-Jangi compound in Mazari Sharif in northern Afghanistan according to CNN reporter Robert Young Pelton.[2] In the same day, he and another officer at General Dostum's military garrison named Qali Jangi near Mazari Sharif questioned John Walker Lindh. As shown on British Television (Channel 4 news), Spann asks "are you a member of the IRA?" This question was asked because Lindh was told to claim he was Irish to "avoid problems." Officials recovered his body after Afghan Northern Alliance troops backed by U.S. air strikes and UK Special Boat Service and US Army Special Forces crushed the uprising. Spann had been shot in the back of the head twice.

Spann fought first with his AK-47 until it ran out of ammo, then drew his pistol and used it until it too was out of ammo, then engaged the enemy in hand to hand combat; because of the greater numbers, the insurgents eventually overtook him. Because of his actions, numerous others who were nearby were able to escape to safety.[3]

I would bet none of you whiners even remember his name.

These are some of the animals that are in Guantanamo, I hope they apply for asylum here in the states and they are granted it, because we are soooo evil. Then I hope they move next door to you all that think they are soooo innocent. They are all very healthy now, medical care, good nutrition, denatl care, etc. all supplied by the eeeevil USA. I'm betting that 8 yrs. at Guantanamo is a lot better than the fate that met Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg.

Oh and by the way, there are lots of kids here who will NEVER know their parents because the DEAD! Don't you remember when they were INCINERATED on live t.v.?

mjmflowergirl, you are grossly misinformed -- the people in Gitmo are not only those who killed our soldiers. If that were true it would be far less of a travesty. Kool-aid drinkers? You should wake up to reality: the world is not a simplistic good/evil, right/wrong place that you envision. When Bush, Cheney & Co decided to suspend the Constitution and rape the human rights of thousands, it was not simply a wrong against those people. The huge wrong was the irreparable damage they did to America and everything we stand for, trashing our goodwill around the world, and destroying our reputation as the beacon of justice and human decency.

For all you guys thinking that this is a democratic or obama consirpicy should probably know that this is a very conservative judge appointed by the super liberal the current president George W. Bush!

I'm surprised and ashamed at the number of people here who have already tried and convicted these men. One wonders how many innocent people the government would have to incarcerate before the remainder see THEMSELVES at risk of permanent detention without charge, appeal or trial.

Hey Bill,

These probably are terrosists and they make strike again. But only GITMO and the toturing done by BUSH/CHENEY is to blame for their freedom. No one wanted to release these guys but a judge has to through out any evidence gained through torture. ITS THE LAW!!