Guantanamo inmates refuse reviewDon't you sleep better at night knowing that the U.S. Supreme Court has placed their non-existent rights above your safety?
Five detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, have refused to participate in military hearings to review their cases, officials say....
The reviews were set up after the US Supreme Court ruled the detainees had a right to challenge their detentions....
The detainees who refused to appear when called this week were [a] Saudi, [a] Moroccan and three Yemenis....
* one Yemeni admitted being with Osama bin Laden during the siege of the Tora Bora caves near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in 2001 and was "captured with an AK-47 rifle"
* the Saudi, 29, fought on the front line in Afghanistan and was later captured in Pakistan
* the Moroccan, 32, was a Taleban fighter captured by the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
The first detainee who was reviewed, a 24-year-old Algerian, reportedly said he would "kill Americans" if released.
Thursday, August 05, 2004
The Fruits of Judicial Meddling
Remember those detainees at Guantanamo whose "rights" the U.S. Supreme Court was so avid to protect? Well, BBC News reports this:
