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A spokesman for the government, Charles S. Miller, would not respond to those assertions, saying only that the Justice Department was "very pleased that the court upheld the decision to detain plaintiffs, all of whom were illegal aliens, until national security investigations were completed and plaintiffs were removed from the country." He said the government was reviewing the rest of the opinion to decide whether to appeal the rulings Judge Gleeson made to allow the plaintiffs' other claims to proceed.

I'd guess that most of these detainees are claiming they will be tortured if returned to their country of origin, and subsequently it may take years to get rid of them. In the meantime, releasing them with an order to appear for a deportation hearing has not exactly been effective in the past. If just one of them is released and subsequently commits a terrorist act, the media outcry of crocodile tears will have the usual element of amnesia with regard to the indefinite detention issue.

......I'd guess that most of these detainees are claiming they will be tortured if returned to their country of origin....

Nice take, all of it. Excerpting part I would reply to.........

The US government, and all of its trappings, and agencies, have been turned into a huge psychotherapy machine, designed to mobolize government power---and tax assets---to subsidize and shore-up the self-esteem problems of various hyphenated groups.

Anyone with a chip on their shoulder can claim victimization, persecution, discrmination, and is encouraged to apply for sanctuary on our shores which entitles then to numerous tax-subsidized financial benefits, head-of-the-line citizenship, and various other preference-based gov't programs.....all at our expense.

It's a big con game. To some of these scam artists, a day without "victimization" is like a day without sunshine.

Our lawmakers justify just about any tax-paid travesty as long as they're "feeling-good" about being "tolerant and compassionate" and can nail down campaign contributions and votes in the process, from various hyphenates.

Strip away the hyperventilation of the lefwing ACLU types, and what you have is a ruling that says the US Government can detain illegal aliens of its choosing, while it investigates other potential risks and crimes of said individuals.

Govts ability to detain illegal aliens should not be in question, the ACLU types were trying to get some equalprotection get-out-jail-free card. No such luck.