Letters to the Editor

Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt. Glenn Greenwald [2008-11-20]

• Point #3 is by far the most important

  The administration had, quite possibly, the MOST favorable judge to hear these arguments and, most probably, any evidence with the slightest credibility would have justified an adverse ruling for these 5.

  We were predicting and hoping that this would happen and it's a shame that it happened so late in W's tenure: the judiciary -- even the right-wing ideologues -- are rebelling from the lawless decisions of the executive (with a huge assist from the legislative).

  Congratulation, Judge Leon, I know we probably disagree on 95% of the issues but today you stood up for the rule of law and human decency.

  -- PierreSD
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