Pentagon to Release Names of Guantanamo Detainees

The Pentagon has agreed to abide by a New York Federal judge's ruling and release the names of the enemy combatants being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The government had previously argued it could not release the names without violating the right to privacy enjoyed by the detainees, but the line of argument fell flat, and now the Department of Defense has said it intends to comply with the ruling. The names are just a small portion of the information ordered released, also included are court transcripts and other assorted documents related to processing inmates at the facility.



Big news, to say the least.

What remains to be seen is whether this is just a stall tactic to turn the heat down. It's been fairly common knowledge that the purpose of Gitmo was to turn enemy combatants to compensate for the lack of intelligence on the ground in the region. Presumably that process has run its course, and that's why the government's attitude towards transparency is changing.

Of course, even if they release the documents, what's to say everything was released? What's to say the real documents were released? A little skillfull editing was probably used to take the edge off, at least, wouldn't that be a distinct possibility? In any case, progress is being made to seeing justice done, and that's a good thing.

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Anyone remember these happy folks?

I'm amazed that Gitmo hasn't even been resolved yet, and it's already old news. The administration miscalculated I think, given the current level of apathy, they probably could have gone ahead and sold the inmates for dog food without much backlash from the public.

This totally cracks me up. Gitmo was all anybody could talk about for months on end. It was THE hot-button issue dividing the country.

Now the Pentagon has given in to public opinion, and it's met with a resounding : shrug :

So bizarre!

Those names will be very helpful to the general public.


Here they are..


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[edit on 2/27/06 by FredT]

You know, C0le, your lack of social skills and obssessive commitment to stereotyping is really starting to make me nauseas.

You know, C0le, your lack of social skills and obssessive commitment to stereotyping is really starting to make me nauseas.

Then perhaps you should find yourself a trashcan
What I find more nauseas is the fact that certain people call for the government to do this or that, then, they automatically begin to question when their whining is answered.

What do you mean by that WestPoint?

Not the trashcan bit, the other bit.

Do you think the issue of Gitmo has anything to do with partisanship?

Why are you, and others, so committed to the concept of sides when clearly there are no enemies but the ones we make for ourselves?

Do you think the issue of Gitmo has anything to do with partisanship?

Why are you, and others, so committed to the concept of sides when clearly there are no enemies but the ones we make for ourselves?

I believe it does, who are the ones calling for the release or trial of the Gitmo detainees?

Also, your right about that, we do make enemies for ourselves, sadly those enemies are us. We keep shooting ourselves in the foot and sooner or later we’re going to pay for it, the great ones always fall from within.

The unedited transcripts have been released (Friday).

60 .pdfs, give or take some that were still classified and accidentally released, but then got taken back. oops.

Here is a list of detainees by nationality. This is several hundred names; what has been released so far.

Detainees

[edit on 4-3-2006 by jsobecky]