White House says ruling could free detainees in US (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 07/03/2008 - 7:21pm

In this image reviewed by the U.S.<br /><br />Military, a Guantanamo detainee, left, walks in a fenced-in exercise area as a guard patrols on the grounds of the maximum security prison at Camp 5, at Guantanamo Bay U.S.<br /><br />Naval Base, in Cuba, Sept. 19, 2006. The Bush administration's ability to hold men at Guantanmo indefinitely was weakened when the U.S.<br /><br />Supreme Court ruled on June 12 that they are not in a judicial black hole and have certain legal rights. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights.

Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.



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