Gitmo releases

According to the LA Times, about 141 detainees are being released from Gitmo because they have been deemed to pose "no threat to U.S. security."

One might wonder why it was necessary to brand these folk "unpeople" for the last ~4 years, but I suppose that's a question best left to our "Constitutional scholars."

This added detail from the Times' story makes my heart warm:

Charges are pending against about two dozen of the remaining prisoners, the chief prosecutor said. But he left unclear why the rest face neither imminent freedom nor a day in court after as many as four years in custody.

Only 10 of the roughly 490 alleged "enemy combatants" currently detained at the facility have been charged; none has been charged with a capital offense.

That leaves the majority of the U.S. government's prisoners from the war on terrorism in limbo and its war crimes tribunal exposed to allegations by international human rights advocates that it is illegitimate and abusive.

Yes, merely "allegations" that Gitmo detention is "illegitimate and abusive." We have no evidence to suggest otherwise.

On the bright side, I suppose this will provide future law students with ample amounts of reading material. Hell, maybe one day the spawn of Michelle Malkin will weigh in on why this was indeed justified, and how it can serve as a template for future detentions of swarthy-looking people who must -- must! -- be evildoers.