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To: Dale Baker who wrote (23908)	7/13/2006 12:43:20 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541299

In a war that cannot and will not have a measurable end, POWs could theoretically be held forever with no legal rights other than combatant status. I don't read the SCOTUS opinions as supporting that argument. The only people who can be held until the conflict ends are POWs and the administration refuses to classify these guys as POWs, because that opens another can of legal worms. The whole argument is that they're neither fish nor fowl, so the administration can do as they will, and that's lost every time it's gotten up to the SCOTUS. The administration is dragging their feet, perhaps hoping that one more justice will kick the bucket while Bush is president, but this time it will be one of the liberal ones. He's got 2 1/2 years, odds are in his favor. Stevens is 86.