Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
And I, for one, am not sure why some trials are being sought. We don't typically try prisoners of war for crimes (unless they've committed a specfic crime), do we? Some of the charges are puzzling to me. Killing a US soldier- isn't that the combatants "job"? I realize that unlawful combatant is a lesser status than POW, but still I don't understand some of the charges.

But, that's not an argument for release either.
They're not POW's. If they were, they'd have Geneva convention protections.

They're basically in that limbo that happens when you suspend Habeus Corpus. In other words, they're detained at the whim of the president, no viable reason given.