>>No problem. That may have made things go faster.
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>Hogwash. Where did you get the idea that all the detainees in Gitmo are enemy soldiers captured in a shooting incident? If they were enemy soldiers, they'd be subject to the Geneva convention. They are guys that the US military or homeland security grabbed for whatever reason - maybe even they just stepping off a plane because they looked like somebody else.

But you see, that's the beauty of the loophole that's created here. They aren't American citizens (Ac), they don't get any benefits of the US legal system. But then, despite them not being Ac, they get the benefit of being indefinitely incarcerated. They are "enemy combatants", which means there's a war going on, and they're on the other side, but since they aren't wearing any uniforms, they aren't POWs. They can be anybody. They can be arrested anywhere, for any reason, and nobody will know why. Actually, anybody who knows why must not tell anybody else, because it's a high national risk security issue or something of the sort. So they get no benefits of the jurisdiction, but still get that jurisdiction applied to them. In Ottoman times, it was "the qadi sues you, the qadi judges you". Perfect.

It's not a loophole, it's a black hole. I surely expect the invention, being so perfect, will be adopted by all democratic countries around the world - so even an ordinary Ac may get to enjoy the friendly treatment in any friendly country eager to return the favor.