The military tribunal has sentenced Mr. Hamdan to 5 1/2 years for material support of terrorism. The sentence seems light to me, particularly when the time he has already served will be subtracted from his sentence. The good news is that he will not be released upon completion of his sentence, because he can be detained as an enemy combatant until cessation of hostilities.
Of course, if Obama becomes President, he will probably let detainees go. He has said that he wants to close Guantanamo, but has not said where he wants to let the detainees go to. Release them into the United States? Put them in Leavenworth federal prison? Let them go back to Afghanistan, Yemen, etc. to plan further attacks? Let's hope not.
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