Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Excellent point.
But as for the third status- I'd expect that a court would not accept it retroactively. You can't change the rules of the game after it has been played, and then declare yourself the winner.
Not retroactively, you're probably right but I think dragonrider has hit upon something to avoid future messes. I think it would be in our nations best interest to consider something similar like this for future incidents. It would solve so many problems that we as Americans and the Detainees have with Guantanamo.

Wishful thinking? Probably so
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