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"Judge Declares Five Detainees Held Illegally"

"Judge Declares Five Detainees Held Illegally": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "A federal judge issued the Bush administration a sharp setback on Thursday, ruling that five Algerian men have been held unlawfully at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp for nearly seven years and ordering their release."

In The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports today that "Judge orders release of 5 Guantanamo prisoners; The government's case against five Algerian natives, accused of plotting with Al Qaeda, is weak, a federal judge in Washington says."

The Washington Post reports that "5 at Guantanamo Ordered Released; Men Not Considered Enemy Combatants." In addition, the newspaper contains an editorial entitled "'Enough': A court's ruling exposes the travesty of holding 'enemy combatants' on flimsy -- or nonexistent -- evidence." And Benjamin Wittes has an op-ed entitled "Wrenching Choices on Guantanamo."

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Judge Orders 5 Gitmo Inmates Released."

Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers reports that "Judge orders release of 5 Guantanamo detainees."

And The Washington Times reports that "Federal judge orders five Gitmo detainees freed."

You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).