Sometimes There's a Breath of Freah Air

In a historic decision with the four reactionary justices dissenting, the Supreme Court decided that the detainees at Guantanamo have the right to appeal their military sentences in the regular United States courts. Once again the Bush administration goes down to defeat. many of these people held in Guantanamo are not terrorists or even "enemy combatants". They were victims of hysterical round ups with no judicial or legal protections. Not charges were filed and no possibility of defense was available to them. Guantanamo, this travesty, this United States sponsored gulag will hopefully become just a bad, shameful memory for the citizens of the United States and a vivid reminder of what can happen when too much power is concentrated in one branch of the government. Let us hope that with a new incoming administration that this horrible mess will be cleaned up quickly and the perpetrators brought to justice. Military tribunals anyone?

Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts