Gitmo Update: 38 walk
And the Pentagon says that that's all she wrote for its compliance with the Rasul v. Bush decision that declared that the 558 military detainees down Guantanamo way should have some legal recourse to challenge their imprisonment. The military tribunals that reviewed the cases did not allow them lawyers, or the ability to challenge secret evidence.
See Reason's January cover story by Harvey Silverglate explaining why Rasul, and the Ramdi decision that came down the same day on enemy combatants, weren't as promising for civil liberties as many first thought.
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