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17 Guantanamo Detainees Ordered Into U.S. By Friday: Ben Winograd at SCOTUSblog has a post on federal Judge Ricardo Urbina's order that the government release a group of 17 Chinese Muslims, the Uighurs, into the United States by Friday, October 10, 2008. Judge Urbina has ordered the government to present the Uighurs to his courtroom by Friday for a handover to local caretakers. The order is a part of Judge Urbina's conclusion that the government's authority to detain the Uighurs has "ceased" since the government has conceded that the Uighurs are are not enemy combatants, and that the government had provided no alternative grounds for detention. A hearing will take place next Friday, October 16th, to allow members of the Department of Homeland Security the opportunity to speak the conditions they wish to apply to the Uighurs? presence in United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).