Saturday, July 01, 2006

The Audacity of The Pentagon Goes On, Untempered by The Supremes.

Pentagon Says Ruling Won't Affect Guantanamo: "The Pentagon reaffirmed the need for the Guantanamo prison even though the US Supreme Court rejected the system of military tribunals put in place to try the prisoners.

Camp commander Rear Admiral Harry Harris earlier said such a ruling would not affect the running of the camp and prisoners' lawyers said it may do little to secure their freedom in the short term.

About 450 suspected al Qaeda and Taliban captives are held at the US Navy base in Cuba. Some have been held at Guantanamo since the prison camp opened in January 2002.

Senior administration officials said the ruling 'will have no impact' on the detention of any of the prisoners now at Guantanamo or the status of the prison."

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