Talkleft points out this ABCNews story on the release of some of the Gitmo detainees. Why are we letting some of them go, you ask?

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case involving two Britons, two Australians and 12 Kuwaitis, has agreed to decide if foreign nationals can use U.S. courts to challenge their incarceration at the base. [. . .] According to Time, activities leading toward release of the 140 prisoners have accelerated since the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. It said U.S. officials had concluded some detainees were kidnapped for reward money offered for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters.

Yep; some folks in Afghanistan said “hey, these are bad guys!”, so we took ’em to Gitmo and paid the bounty with no apparent regard for the veracity of our local warlords’ claims, and in doing so jailed innocents for two years. Great. I’m so fucking proud.

Time’s feature is online as well.