Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The Bush administration really cares about the right to privacy, especially when it applies to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Some of them might in the future face the death penalty in that island of legal limbo, thanks to a discreet provision tucked in a new military regulation regarding executions. However, their families will not suffer any embarrassement due to the revelation of their identities, if the Bush administration can help it. It had opposed the release of any name on 558 tribunal transcripts obtained by the Associated Press. The agency sued, and won in front of a federal juge. The administration should announce this Wednesday if, as expected, it will appeal this ruling that would - in small measure - lift a bit of the secrecy surrounding Gitmo.

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