The Washington Post’s Del Quentin Wilber reports on a D.C. district judge’s decision to free five Algerian detained at Guantanamo Bay for seven years. The Algerians were captured in Bosnia and accused of plotting to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. George W. Bush mentioned thwarting this plot in his 2002 State of the Union address.

But the plot proved to be utterly bogus– as the Justice Dept. quietly withdrew the allegation last year. Even the Bosnian government has exonerated the men. Now that they’re freed, Bosnia will welcome them back.

Is there a precedent for a presidential administration detaining and possibly torturing five innocent men for seven years for seemingly political purposes? How many more innocent detainees remain at Guantanamo?-MB

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