Pentagon accused of evading Guantánamo ruling

[G_j]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4966195-103681,00.html

Pentagon accused of evading Guantánamo ruling

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington and Vikram Dodd
Thursday July 8, 2004

The Guardian

The Pentagon said last night it would create military review panels to weigh the legality of detentions at Guantánamo, in a measure that critics said falls far short of a supreme court ruling that entitles prisoners to challenge their detentions in US courts.
In the Bush administration's first response to last week's sweeping court verdict, senior military and justice department officials told reporters yesterday that the Pentagon would establish military pan els to review the detention of each of the 595 prisoners.

The four Britons in Guantánamo Bay have not been told of a ruling, the Guardian has learned.

They are among prisoners held at the prison camp without charge, trial or access to lawyers for up to 2 years.

The revelation will also put pressure on the British government to tell its citizens of the ruling when officials visit the prison camp. The Blair government risks another clash with its closest ally over the Guantánamo issue if the US refuses to allow UK officials to tell the Britons of their new rights.

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[librechik]

1. saw this coming

why should the dauphin be forced to obey the common laws of the peasants? Who can or will force his army to be fair and humane?

[truthisfreedom]

2. ignorance of the law is no excuse! back to your cage!

[nodictators]

3. Has this story been in our "You'll-be-the-last-to-know" news media

So Bush flips the bird to the US Supreme Court and the Constitution.

How much will the regime be allowed to get away with before there is news coverage?

[G_j]

4. How much will the regime be allowed to get away with ?

they continue to get away with murder.
..literally

[Rose Siding]

5. It's been spun as a positive response, somehow.

-Even on the blogs. There hasn't been good, legal coverage of it as a tactic of evasion.