] In the open-ended war on terror -- with its infinitely
] flexible definitions of "enemy" and "field of battle" --
] the decision puts incredible power in the hands of the
] U.S military. Under the ruling, U.S. Special Forces could
] secretly kidnap, say, a British editorial writer who
] opposes the war on Iraq. And so long as they took him to
] someplace like Guantánamo -- rather than to a military
] prison in the United States itself -- they could keep him
] there forever if they wished. A U.S. court could do
] absolutely nothing about it.

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