Released Documents Reveal Shaky Evidence

By Martin Schatz

Approximately 700 new classified documents were released by WikiLeaks this Monday, and were promptly condemned by the administration.  The most damning statements, running from 2002-2009 show that the evidence against the majority of remaining prisoners would not stand up in either a federal court or even a military tribunal. 

The opposition states that conclusions about these prisoners had been made upon review of a task force that was established later than the date that many of these documents were created.  The final report of this task force was made last year, where it concluded that 48 of the then-196 detainees should be kept indefinitely.  While remaining prisoners were listed as a "high risk" to the United States and its allies, the documents also show that a high number of the already released or transferred prisoners were also labelled as a "high risk" before their detention at Guantanomo Bay ended.  Many were released without charges being brought against them.

According to The Hill, this is "a key impediment in transferring prisoners out of the facility and moving them through the justice system."

One would think that a lack of evidence justifying the continued holding of said prisoners would be a key impediment...to the continued holding of said prisoners. 

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