CIA Moved Detainees Out Of Gitmo to Beat the Courts

The AP is reporting that the CIA moved several high-profile detainees out of Gitmo before the Supreme Court rules about "rights" kicked in.

Four of the nation's most highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2003, years earlier than has been disclosed, then whisked back into overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could give them access to lawyers, The Associated Press has learned.

The transfer allowed the U.S. to interrogate the detainees in CIA "black sites" for two more years without allowing them to speak with attorneys or human rights observers or challenge their detention in U.S. courts. Had they remained at the Guantanamo Bay prison for just three more months, they would have been afforded those rights.

I'm still not convinced that terrorists are due any rights of due process, nor any protections from either the US Constitution or the Geneva Convention.

By: Brant