The Court of Appeals of the DC circuit continues doing its utmost to deny all legal recourse to the prisoners in Guantanamo.

The US owes each prisoner either a fair trial or release from prison. If the US cannot do so, because by torturing them it eliminated the possibility of a fair trial, the US should release them and then think about avoiding such a foolish actions in the future.

Arguments about expediency cannot override those rights — but I think they lead to the opposite conclusion. Freeing the prisoners would end a practice that motivates some people to hate the US.