Pentagon Loses Legal Round on Guantanamo Names
A federal judge rejected the US Defense Department's argument for not disclosing the names of detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but stopped short of ordering that the names be released. Judge Jed S. Rakoff's order on Wednesday was a victory for the Associated Press, which sued the Pentagon in April 2005, seeking the names of detainees and transcripts of US military hearings meant to determine whether the detainees were properly classified as enemy combatants.
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