Guantanamo detainees may remain indefinitely: Gonzalez

[HongKonger]

GULAG. When does the never-ending War on Terror end? Never?

Guantanamo detainees may remain indefinitely: Gonzalez

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the US government could "indefinitely" hold foreign 'enemy combatants' at sites like the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"We can detain any combatants for the duration of the hostilities," said Gonzales, speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"If we choose to try them, that's great. If we don't choose to try them, we can continue to hold them," he said.

Yet neither the Bush administration nor the US military wants "to remain the world's jailers indefinitely," he said. A Supreme Court ruling last month declared that government of President George W. Bush had overstepped his authority in forming military commissions to try detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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[90-percent]

1. And................

And the difference between this and Stalinist Russia is.....................?

-85% Jimmy

[geomon666]

3. The snow?

:shrug:

[ck4829]

2. Since when did the Executive have the power to try people?

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Indefinite detention without charges.

Held until the war without end is over.

Is it fascism yet?

[Moderator]

5. Not LBN

article dated August 2

earlier discussion here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2432217