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Guantanamo Bay detainees lose court decision 
Ruling is legal victory for Bush administration

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism.

The victory may be only temporary, however. The high court twice previously has extended legal protections to prisoners at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. These individuals were seized as potential terrorists following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and only 10 have been charged with a crime.

Despite the earlier rulings, none of the roughly 385 detainees has yet had a hearing in a civilian court challenging his detention because the administration has moved aggressively to limit the legal rights of prisoners it has labeled as enemy combatants.

A federal appeals court in Washington in February upheld a key provision of a law enacted last year that strips federal courts of their ability to hear such challenges.

At issue is whether prisoners held at Guantanamo have a right to habeas corpus review, a basic tenet of the Constitution that protects people from unlawful imprisonment.

This whole issue was some of the first in the long list of political junk people have placed upon the Bush admin.  Not only are these people not US Citizen's thus not under our legal system per sae, but they are not detained for criminal acts that are outlined in our criminal justice system.  Our court system is not designed nor capable of handling issues such as these folks.  And it should not be altered to do so.  There is already a system in place that can and that is the military justice system.  The Geneva convention and military tribunals.  That is what they were created for and that is what should be used.

Don't tell the anti-war group that. They might get violent with you.

:)  LOL yeah break out the guns...we are going to war against war :)