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U.S. drops terror charges against 5 at Guantanamo

World Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:18AM JST ( 6 )

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taikanOct. 22, 2008 - 09:28AM JST

If these men were serial killers or rapists who had committed their crimes in the United States, they would have been freed by now (regardless of guilt) because of the government's unconstitutional withholding of exculpatory evidence and failure to prosecute them in a timely fashion.
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SuperLibOct. 22, 2008 - 10:52AM JST

Both McCain and Obama have promised to close the prison if elected.
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SezWho2Oct. 22, 2008 - 12:26PM JST

SuperLib,

That's a good thing--if either will really do it. I'm pretty sure McCain would. I'm less sure about Obama but I certainly want to think so. No one will question McCain's judgment on this. Obama will be subject to a lot of second-guessing.

I appreciated the point that Stimson made:

But Charles “Cully” Stimson, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said the decision could be an indication that the military court wants to make sure the evidence can be prosecuted beyond a reasonable doubt.

“Generically, it is a healthy sign when the charging authority does not rush to judgment,” Stimson said.

However, looked at another way, people should be not subject to prolonged and indefinite incarceration (let alone torture) while their captors tease and refine the evidence against them (and possibly even game the system) in order to assure a slam-dunk prosecution.
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CavemanLawyerOct. 22, 2008 - 01:18PM JST

They may not have been terrorists going in. I wonder if their new found feeling for the U.S. will make them terrorists going out? -- Cirroc
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NessieOct. 22, 2008 - 04:08PM JST

Both McCain and Obama have promised to close the prison if elected.

McCain because he figures it's done all the good it can do. Obama for fuzzy legal suspicions.
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adaydreamOct. 22, 2008 - 09:45PM JST

Yeah, keep these 5 guys locked up, who were cleared of any wrong doing, so that it's something that the next president has to deal with.

This is real terrorism. Keeping innocent people locked up for nothing. < :-)

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