Judge Orders The Release Of Gitmo Evidence

June 1. 2009

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan has ordered the release of the remaining Guantanamo Bay evidence, illustrating prisoners being mistreated, during former President George W. Bush's crazy war on terror that netted low level terrorists and innocent people as well.

Well done to Judge Hogan. Enough with the cover-ups already. President Obama has stated he wishes to abandon these abuses.

It is supremely evil and cowardly that former President George W. Bush did these things and sought to hide it. The man is such a criminal!

US judge: Guantanamo evidence must be made public

Mon Jun 1, 2009 7:03pm EDT - WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected on Monday a U.S. government request to keep secret the unclassified evidence that it says justifies the continued imprisonment of more than 100 Guantanamo Bay prisoners.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan ruled the government cannot keep the documents known as factual returns from public disclosure and must seek court approval to keep specific information secret.

"Public interest in Guantanamo Bay generally and these proceedings specifically has been unwavering," Hogan wrote. "Publicly disclosing the factual returns would enlighten the citizenry and improve perceptions of the proceedings' fairness."

U.S. President Barack Obama had vowed to close the detention center set up at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba by his predecessor George W. Bush to hold foreign terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. But closing the center has proved difficult as the White House grapples with where to place the remaining prisoners...

The judge ordered the U.S. Justice Department to publicly file its unclassified records or show the court what specific information it wants to keep secret by the end of next month.

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