Habeas and Gitmo

A good CSM summary of what's going on here. It's fascinating how fast these individual cases drop once actual evidence is demanded . . . i don't even think we're talking about burdens of proof - just evidence! Under the combat review boards the Military wouldn't give the detainee a lawyer, access to evidence, or even a straight answer on what they were charged with. And unless these guys are truly POWs (until we sign a treaty on the USS Missouri to end the "war on terror" and they can go home) - then a simple habeas petition is the least our great nation can do.

UPDATE: Ruth Marcus has a nice op-ed outlining how the Government's case against Parhart's was thrown out. Judge Sentelle even joined in ... and he's no lefty wimp.