Ed Brayton (Dispatches from the Culture Wars) writes about how the Pentagon may ignore tribunal verdicts and continue hold Salim Hamdan even after his prescribed sentence has been served. I have seriously wonder sometimes whether our government is run by a bunch of six year olds: "Oh no, I don't like the way this game is going, so let's change the rules."
One quote from the Washington Post article succinctly summarizes my feelings about the situation:
"We had a court. We had a jury. It was a military jury. They heard the evidence. They gave him five months," Hollander said. "That ought to be his sentence. Either we believe in American justice or we don't."
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