Early Iraqi Handover because of F 9/11????

[The Sushi Bandit]

So the news today is not about the film taking #1 over the weekend????

[never cry wolf]

1. That thought crossed my mind too

EVERYTHING this admin does is for political reasons

[The Sushi Bandit]

6. My point exactly!

[DenverDem]

2. Their agenda is pretty transparent, isn't it?

All about managing the propaganda cycle.

[Gman]

3. Very possible

They're in constant damage control mode anyway.

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. Weird thought while reading SCOTUS decision

If I were Saddam's lawyers, I would file a petition of habeas corpus today if we had not turned over Iraq to the interim government.

Or I may be reading this wrong.

<<Held: United States courts have jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad in connection with hostilities and incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay. Pp. 4-17.

(a) The District Court has jurisdiction to hear petitioners' habeas challenges under 28 U. S. C. §2241, which authorizes district courts, "within their respective jurisdictions," to entertain habeas applications by persons claiming to be held "in custody in violation of the ... laws ... of the United States," §§2241(a), (c)(3). SUCH JURISTICTION EXTENDS TO ALIENS HELD IN A TERRITORY OVER WHICH THE UNITED STATES EXERCISES PLENARY AND EXCLUSIVE JURISTDICTION, BUT NOT "ULTIMATE SOVEREIGNTY." Pp. 4-16.>>

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-334

[Th1onein]

5. You got it!

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