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Monday, July 23, 2007

Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantanamo

The New York Times reports, "A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantanamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department to limit disclosures and setting the stage for new legal battles over the government's reasons for holding the men indefinitely." "The ruling, which came in one of the main court cases dealing with the fate of the detainees," explains the report, "effectively set the ground rules for scores of cases by detainees challenging the actions of Pentagon tribunals that decide whether terror suspects should be held as enemy combatants."