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U.S. agrees to release Afghan detainee | SCOTUSblog

published 1027 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes ago posted by http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/http://jonnyboats.wordpress.com/ 1028 days, 15 hours, 59 minutes ago
Friday, July 31, 2009 2:53:10 PM GMT Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:41:59 PM GMT

Averting for now a possible constitutional showdown, the Obama Administration urged a federal judge on Wednesday to order the release — within a few weeks — of a young Afghan detainee at Guantanamo Bay, with a transfer to the Afghan government.  It asked for more time to notify Congress, and time to arrange the transfer.  In a new filing in U.S. District Court, along with a proposed court order, the Administration said it was not contesting the judge’s power to order the release of Mohammed Jawad. The f...

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