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Five Detainees Ordered Released: As reported yesterday on SCOTUSblog, and today in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal , U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ordered the release of five Algerian Guantanamo detainees while ordering the continued detention of a sixth. The 14-page ruling can be found here. Judge Leon's ruling is the first decision addressing the Justice Department's justification for holding specific detainees. One of the detainees ordered released was Lakhdar Boumediene, the same Boumediene who was named in last term's Boumediene v. Bush. Lyle Denniston also reports on SCOTUSblog that "in an unusual added comment" Judge Leon suggested that the Justice Department forgo appeal of the five prisoners and allow them to return to Bosnia where they were captured...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).