Boumediene Vindicated!

Today Federal Judge Leon ordered that the five men in the case Boumediene v. Bush be released from Guantanamo Bay. This is unprecedented! Judge Leon was the judge who originally saw the case that eventually went before the Supreme Court. In June his decision was overturned by the Supreme Court restoring the right of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay to demand the writ of habeas corpus. Judge Leon's decision today is the first time prisoners in Guantanamo Bay have been released in recognition of the fact that there is not good reason to believe they pose any threat to the US . It is the first time a writ of habeas corpus has been handed down since the Bush administration's war on terror.