re: #195 drcordell

You don’t seem to understand. It doesn’t matter that they were housed in relatively humane conditions in Gitmo. The prisoners still must be accounted for legally in some way, because America is a nation of laws. The previous administration simply avoided making any substantive legal decisions with regard to how the prisoners were to be handled, whether it be under Geneva Conventions, International Law or U.S. Law. That is why these decisions are now being made. Because we cannot simply hold these people indefinitely in a legal black hole and maintain standing in the world as a nation that respects the rule of law.

By definition, unlawful combatants place themselves outside the protection of the law.