Finally....

Some sanity returning to the legalities around GWOT. Adds this to the Hamdi verdict. Plus Colin Powell called for closure of Gitmo yesterday on Meet the Press. Said individuals in custody should be handled through US legal system.

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com A federal appeals court today ruled that the U.S. government cannot indefinitely imprison a U.S. resident on suspicion alone, and ordered the military to either charge Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri with his alleged terrorist crimes in a civilian court or release him. The opinion is a major blow to the Bush administration's assertion that as the president seeks to combat terrorism, he has exceptionally broad powers to detain without charges both foreign citizens abroad and those living legally in the United States. The government is expected to appeal the 2-1 decision handed down by a three-judge panel of the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which is in Richmond, Va.