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U.S. Files to Head Off Sanctions For Failure to Meet Deadlines: Lyle Denniston reported at SCOTUSblog that the U.S. has filed a reply motion for partial and temporary relief from the Guantanamo district court's July 11 scheduling order. In its reply motion, the government argued that if it is forced to comply with the court's deadlines it will be forced to chose between two evils: release of detainees or the loss of control of national secrets. The government has conceded that it has not been able to meet the imposed deadlines, but has asked the court to relax the deadlines so it can catch up. Last week, counsel for the detainees argued that the government has added a layer of review of secrets that is not necessary, that the government will only respect deadlines if it is punished for missing them, and that the government has done much less than it could to produce its reasons for holding detainees...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 16, 2008 (boomark / email).