Lakhdar Boumediene: ON Wednesday, America’s detention camp at Guantánamo Bay will have been open for 10 years. For seven of them, I was held there without explanation or charge. During that time my daughters grew up without me... It was only after the United States Supreme Court ordered the government to defend its actions before a federal judge that I was finally able to clear my name and be with them again. So long as Guantánamo stays open and innocent men remain there, my thoughts will be with those left behind in that place of suffering and injustice.
Its probably worth reiterating that I don't really think it matters whether or not Guatanamo is open or closed. What matters is what the detention policies of the US are regarding enemy combatants. The focus on the specific prison has been used as a way of avoid substantive discussion of the real questions about the policies. Wikipedia includes this quote from the judge who released Boumediene: "To allow enemy combatancy to rest on so thin a reed would be inconsistent with this court's obligation; the court must and will grant their petitions and order their release. This is a unique case. Few if any others will be factually like it. Nobody should be lulled into a false sense that all of the ... cases will look like this one."
My previous thoughts about the case here. My Guantánamo Nightmare - NYTimes.com | 
