Court Finds Gitmo Prisoner not an 'Enemy Combatant'


	Court Finds Gitmo Prisoner not an 'Enemy Combatant'

Wisco

6-23-2008 3:48 PM

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Wisco says:

Of course, the real question is how long this guy had to rot at Guantanamo before he got a chance to prove he didn't belong there.

This is exactly the sort of situation that habeas corpus was meant to deal with.

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