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Uighurs: Sometimes, the Obama Friday Night Bad News Dump Is Bad for the Left
NRO’s Corner ^ | May 29, 2009 | Andrew C. McCarthy
Posted on May 30, 2009 5:43:48 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim
Of course, it’s one thing to say that they are not enemy combatants and should therefore be released. It is quite another thing, though, to say that they should be released into the United States (which, because of their terrorist affiliations, would violate federal immigration law). But as Cliff noted earlier today, alluding to the stellar work of Tom Joscelyn at the Standard, federal judge Richard Urbina did try to order their release into the U.S. (Here at NRO, the editors weighed in on Judge Urbina’s absurd decision, here.) Fortunately, in a well reasoned decision authored by Judge Raymond Randolph (which I discussed here), the DC Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Judge Urbina, holding that just because courts have the power to review whether a prisoner is properly designated an enemy combatant does not mean they have the power to order the release into the United States of those found not to be enemy combatants.
The Uighurs appealed, and today the Justice Department filed its responsive brief. Solicitor General Elena Kagan argued — consistent with the Bush administration position — that the Uighurs have no right to be released into the U.S. As Lyle Denniston recaps at SCOTUSblog:
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EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Guantanamo Bay
FOX NEWS ^ | May 30, 2009 | staff
Posted on May 31, 2009 6:19:40 PM PDT by kellynla
FOX News’ Catherine Herridge is the only American network TV correspondent at Guantanamo Bay for the first session of the “Obama Commissions.”
The closed door session is the case of Omar Khadr, who was picked up on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002, at the age of 15. Khadr is accused of killing a U.S. soldier.
During Herridge’s trip, she will be staying in what’s known as “tent city,” a cluster of tents where journalists share sleeping accommodations. Journalists bunk together away from the military, with separate tents for men and women.
All photos Herridge and her photographer Geoff Doyle took were reviewed by the military. News outlets are not allowed to photograph any of the security — the barbed wire, the barricades, cameras, fencing, guard towers as well as the antennas that dot the landscape.
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“Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Guantanamo”