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16 JUN 08 / "Guantanamo Decision"

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled last week that the prisoners at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay had the right of habeas corpus. The Bush administration needs to charge them or release them.

Other alternatives, imprison them elsewhere, not subject.

Classify them as prisoners of war

8 percent of those prisoners released from Guantanamo were found fighting the United States or engaged in terrorist activities.

Despite reports in the media, prisoners are not ill-treaded.

limbo, unclear how long they will have to remain ... Some have been there since the start of the Afghan war?

al-qaida

known as detainees

enemy combatants captured on the battlefield of the 'war on terror' is considered worldwide.

terminology

Combat Status Review Tribunals

Geneva Convention

Due process (14th Amendment)

 

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