Bagram Air Base's Prison Now The New Guantanamo With Recent Court Ruling Denying Habeas Rights

Court: No Habeas Rights For Prisoners In Afghanistan -- L.A. Times

Obama wins what Bush sought: the right to hold suspects without judicial oversight at the Bagram air base.

The Obama administration has won the legal right to hold its terrorism suspects indefinitely and without oversight by judges — not at Guantanamo or in Illinois, but rather at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. appeals court in Washington ruled for the administration Friday and said the Constitution and its right to habeas corpus does not extend to foreign prisoners held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan because it is a war zone. The judges dismissed claims from three prisoners who were taken to Bagram from Pakistan and Thailand and have been held for as long as seven years.

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More News On The Ruling That Prisoners In Afghanistan Have No Habeas Rights

Court: Bagram prisoners don't have Guantanamo habeas rights -- McClatchy News
Appeals Panel Bars Detainees From Access to U.S. Courts -- New York Times
Court: Detainees held by U.S. in Afghanistan can't appeal their detention -- CNN
D.C. Circuit Denies Afghani Detainees Access to U.S. Courts -- Wall Street Journal
Detainees held by US in Afghanistan can't contest custody, court finds -- Christian Science Monitor
Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees -- AP
Britain ready to hand over detainees to United States again -- Times Online
Bagram detainees cannot sue for release in US: court -- AFP
Great Writ Does Not Apply At Bagram -- The Atlantic
DC Circuit: No Habeas For Bagram Detainees -- Daily Kos

My Comment: Bottom line .... this legitimizes making the prison at Bagram air force base the new Guantanamo for future detainees and captured Al Qaeda/Taliban prisoners.