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...itself, in the face of challenges from the U.S. Supreme Court as well as some of America's closest allies. The legal case for holding most of the more than 400 detainees currently at the facility has been called into question, since only a handful have been slated for trial by military tribunal and there are doubts concerning the culpability of many of the others. And given their more than four years in detention, any intelligence value current Guantanamo prisoners may still have is in question...
...giving a peek at how it has operated and why it has been invaluable. The second document (both can be found on the DNI's website is a compilation of the bios of the 14 CIA captives being sent to the U.S.'s Guantanamo Bay detention facility to await trial by military tribunal - and a possible execution if convicted. Though much biographical information about the terrorists in question has been previously disclosed, today's document musters it all in one place in the CIA's official version of history...
...year anniversary of 9/11 just days away, the continued usefulness of the information from these captives, who haven't roamed and plotted freely for years, has waned, experts say. The staleness of the detainees' information is one reason Bush felt he could send the detainees on to Gitmo for trial. That, of course, and the court rulings that forced the President's hand...
...believe Wizard of the Crow's despicable despot is based on the former President. (In fact, he's a mix of infamous dictators: a touch of Moi, a pinch of Mobutu, a dash of Pinochet.) The men were eventually caught, and now Ngugi only goes back to attend their trial. Yet he still hopes to move back one day. He's comforted by the support of his fellow Kenyans. "They come up close to us on the street and start apologizing," he says, "as if they themselves were hurt by the attack." And he's reassured by the current government...
...Jeffs' trial could also provide positive change for many of his followers. "The authorities have been extremely secretive about what they have on [Jeffs]," says Jessop, "and when it goes to court, a lot of crimes and illegal activity are going to go public and make people realize that these fundamentalist communities need to be handled." (Jeffs' lawyer could not be reached for comment...