"The administration, like its predecessor"
That could be ANY ISSUE!
"Guantanamo detainees case reaches Supreme Court" by Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer | October 20, 2009
WASHINGTON -- 13 Chinese Muslims, most of whom were cleared by the Pentagon for release in 2003. Six years later -- and eight years after their capture in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001 -- they remain in custody at the U.S. naval base in Cuba....
Yeah, let's NEVER LECTURE OTHERS on HUMAN RIGHTS, 'kay, 'murka?
The Uighurs say the ability to go before a federal judge is worthless if the judge ultimately has no power to free people who are being wrongly held. The administration is defending the appeals court ruling, but also noting ongoing diplomatic efforts to find the Uighurs a home.
The Uighurs have no right to enter the United States, Solicitor General Elena Kagan told the court. In fact, Kagan said, "they are free to leave Guantanamo Bay to go to any country that is willing to accept them."
In the meantime, she said, they are no longer being detained as enemy combatants, but "are being housed under relatively unrestrictive conditions," given Guantanamo's status as a military base. The justices will hear the argument early in 2010, although it is possible that if the administration succeeds in relocating the Uighurs by then, the case could be dismissed....
So HOW LONG are these INNOCENT MEN going to be INCARCERATED?
Congress has since entered the picture, forbidding the administration to spend any money to send detainees to the United States, other than for prosecution, and requiring a detailed plan in advance of sending them anywhere in the world. The Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to a measure extending those restrictions....
Uighurs are from Xinjiang, an isolated region that borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and six Central Asian nations. They are Turkic-speaking Muslims who say they have long been repressed by the Chinese government....
Also see: U.S. Using "Al-CIA-Duh" to Spoil Olympics
The 13 must not have been on the payroll.
China has said that insurgents are leading an Islamic separatist movement in Xinjiang. Many of the Uighurs at Guantanamo have acknowledged they had gone to Afghanistan for weapons training to fight the Chinese government, Kagan said. Earlier this year, four Uighurs were sent to Bermuda. Six more have accepted an invitation to move to Palau....
Related: Gitmo's Caddies
So we TORTURED THEM, huh?
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