Gitmo

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5891553.ece

Where do the detainees go? Foreign countries apparently... including, back to Afghanistan.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article2315283.ece

Preface this by saying this dude was released by the Bush administration, not the Obama administration.

In any event, I struggle to fathom why certain factors (human rights for non-combatant terrorists, respect for other countries, and "feeling good about ourselves") outweighs certain other factors (safety, security, saving US lives). I would urge any commentors not to quote to me Ben Franklin or others who have talked about giving up liberty in favor of safety. Not only do I know the quotes, I use them to rail against things I don't like. However, we're not giving up our liberties to increase our safety. We're giving up the liberties of foreign persons who would kill us all if they could in exchange for security. I fail to see any slippery slope here.