FOIA suit reveals for first time 48 "indefinite detainees" at Guantanamo

[tsai3904]

The Obama administration Monday lifted a veil of secrecy surrounding the status of the detainees at Guantánamo, for the first time publicly naming the four dozen captives it defined as indefinite detainees — men too dangerous to transfer but who cannot be tried in a court of law.

The names had been a closely held secret since a multi-agency task force sifted through the files of the Guantánamo detainees in 2009 trying to achieve President Barack Obama’s executive order to close the detention center. In January 2010, the task force revealed that it classified 48 Guantánamo captives as dangerous but ineligible for trial because of a lack of evidence, or because the evidence was too tainted.

They became so-called “indefinite detainees,” a form of war prisoner held under Congress’ 2001 “Authorization for Use of Military Force.”

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/17/3456267/foia-suit-reveals-guantanamos.html

[Occam's Banana]

In January 2010, the task force revealed that it classified 48 Guantánamo captives as dangerous but ineligible for trial because of a lack of evidence, or because the evidence was too tainted.

But don't worry! They only do this sort of thing when it involves people they know are "dangerous."

(Just don't ask how they "know" it. You might confuse them ...)

[sailingaway]

It takes a trial where they get to say their side and call witnesses.

[J_White]

"In January 2010, the task force revealed that it classified 48 Guantánamo captives as dangerous but ineligible for trial because of a lack of evidence, or because the evidence was too tainted."
But don't worry! They only do this sort of thing when it involves people they know are "dangerous."
(Just don't ask how they "know" it. You might confuse them ...)

no evidence, or tainted evidence, yet guilty unless proven innocent !