I've never been so glad to see a Democrat slapped down by a judge, but this was really a low point for Holder's DOJ.
Now, detainees being held in Bagram have a right to sue for their release, as long as they were not captured on the battlefield.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
In a 53-page ruling that rejected a claim of unfettered executive power advanced by both the Bush and Obama administrations, United States District Judge John D. Bates said that three detainees at the United States Air Force base at Bagram have the same legal rights that the Supreme Court last year granted to prisoners held at the American naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The three detainees — two Yemenis and a Tunisian — say that they were captured outside Afghanistan and taken to Bagram, and that they have been imprisoned for more than six years without trials. Arguing that they were not enemy combatants, the detainees want a civilian judge to review the evidence against them and order their release, under the constitutional right of habeas corpus.
Here's hoping that Holder does not appeal.
Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said that the administration was reviewing the decision and that it had made no decision about whether to appeal.
I know I love to believe that Obama is always working with a plan, but this is something I'd love to see just eradicated from the world.