"Peter Wiley" wrote
OK, how long, then?
......
At the Govt's pleasure?

You guys have brought back the old pre-Revolutionary French system of
lettres de cachet. Face it, your principles have been tested and found
wanting......
I wouldn't have had the slightest problem if these people had been shot
if/when caught on a battlefield, in possession of arms, any more than I
do about killing the insurgents with arms in Iraq. However, once
captured, you need to deal with them in a civilised manner, not because
*they* are civilised, but because *you* purport to be.

You're right. But there guys had a trial back where they were captured.
Their sentance was detention at Gitmo instead of local prison, death or
freedom. They were sent to Gitmo because their trial determined they had
useful information. Once it is extracted they should be hanged.