Guantanamo_NN1 captives_NN2 winning_VVG lawsuits_NN2 WASHINGTON_NP1 --_NN1 In_II one_MC1 federal_JJ courtroom_NN1 last_MD month_NNT1 ,_, a_AT1 defense_NN1 lawyer_NN1 argued_VVD that_CST the_AT U.S._NP1 military_NN1 had_VHD coerced_VVN a_AT1 false_JJ confession_NN1 out_II21 of_II22 a_AT1 50-year-old_JJ Kuwaiti_NN1 who_PNQS has_VHZ been_VBN at_II Guantanamo_NN1 for_IF seven_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
In_II another_DD1 ,_, a_AT1 Maryland_NP1 attorney_NN1 proposed_VVD that_CST his_APPGE Pakistani_JJ client_NN1 ,_, being_VBG held_VVN as_II an_AT1 alleged_JJ al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 facilitator_NN1 ,_, be_VBI allowed_VVN to_II post_NN1 bail_NN1 and_CC stay_VV0 with_IW family_NN1 --_NN1 in_II Brooklyn_NP1 ._. 
Congress_NN1 returns_VVZ Tuesday_NPD1 from_II its_APPGE summer_NNT1 recess_NN1 but_CCB there_EX was_VBDZ no_AT break_NN1 for_IF the_AT judges_NN2 at_II the_AT U.S._NP1 District_NN1 Court_NN1 midway_RL between_II The_AT Capitol_NP1 and_CC The_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 who_PNQS have_VH0 been_VBN busy_JJ plowing_NN1 through_II more_DAR than_CSN 200_MC lawsuits_NN2 brought_VVN by_II Guantanamo_NP1 detainees_NN2 ._. 
And_CC ,_, if_CS the_AT first_MD 36_MC cases_NN2 suggest_VV0 a_AT1 trend_NN1 ,_, the_AT court_NN1 is_VBZ hardly_RR persuaded_VVN that_CST the_AT Pentagon_NP1 has_VHZ the_AT "_" worst_JJT of_IO the_AT worst_JJT "_" penned_VVD up_RP at_II the_AT base_NN1 in_II southeast_ND1 Cuba_NP1 ._. 
Fifteen_MC months_NNT2 after_II the_AT U.S._NP1 Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 rebuked_VVD the_AT Bush_NP1 administration_NN1 by_II ruling_NN1 that_CST Guantanamo_NP1 captives_NN2 can_VM sue_VVI for_IF their_APPGE freedom_NN1 ,_, civilian_JJ judges_NN2 have_VH0 ordered_VVN the_AT release_NN1 of_IO 29_MC detainees_NN2 and_CC sided_VVN with_IW the_AT Defense_NN1 Department_NN1 only_RR seven_MC times_NNT2 ._. 
Those_DD2 ordered_VVN freed_VVN include_VV0 four_MC Muslim_JJ men_NN2 from_II China_NP1 ,_, ethnic_JJ Uighurs_NN2 now_RT working_VVG as_CSA groundskeepers_NN2 at_II a_AT1 golf_NN1 course_NN1 in_II Bermuda_NP1 ;_; a_AT1 young_JJ Afghan_NN1 who_PNQS went_VVD home_RL last_MD month_NNT1 after_II growing_VVG into_II adulthood_NN1 behind_II the_AT razor_NN1 wire_NN1 at_II Camp_NP1 Delta_NN1 ;_; and_CC an_AT1 Algerian_JJ now_RT living_VVG in_II an_AT1 apartment_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE wife_NN1 and_CC daughters_NN2 in_II the_AT south_ND1 of_IO France._NP1 'UNPRECEDENTED'_NP1 The_AT seven_MC men_NN2 whose_DDQGE habeas-corpus_JJ petitions_NN2 for_IF release_NN1 were_VBDR denied_VVN include_VV0 a_AT1 one-legged_JJ Yemeni_JJ fighter_NN1 captured_VVN in_II 2001_MC ,_, a_AT1 Taliban_JJ cook_NN1 ,_, and_CC an_AT1 Algerian_NN1 who_PNQS allegedly_RR helped_VVN jihadists_NN2 reach_VVI Afghanistan_NP1 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 the_AT number_NN1 of_IO difficult_JJ questions_NN2 presented_VVN by_II the_AT Guantanamo_NN1 cases_NN2 is_VBZ unprecedented_JJ in_II our_APPGE court_NN1 ,_, "_" Chief_JJ Judge_NN1 Royce_NP1 Lamberth_NP1 told_VVD The_AT Miami_NP1 Herald_NP1 ._. 
"_" In_II our_APPGE court_NN1 ,_, mostly_RR settled_VVN law_NN1 applies_VVZ ._. 
It_PPH1 makes_VVZ it_PPH1 interesting_JJ ._. 
But_CCB it_PPH1 really_RR is_VBZ time-consuming_JJ because_II21 of_II22 the_AT need_NN1 to_TO proceed_VVI carefully_RR "_" and_CC decide_VVI "_" precedents_NN2 for_IF future_JJ wars_NN2 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 this_DD1 war_NN1 ._. "_" 
Lamberth_NP1 said_VVD he_PPHS1 and_CC his_APPGE 13_MC fellow_JJ judges_NN2 are_VBR engaged_VVN in_II a_AT1 balancing_NN1 act_NN1 :_: Developing_JJ definitions_NN2 and_CC procedures_NN2 to_TO judge_VVI which_DDQ detentions_NN2 are_VBR lawful_JJ while_CS trying_VVG to_TO quickly_RR hear_VVI the_AT cases_NN2 of_IO detainees_NN2 who_PNQS were_VBDR denied_VVN civilian-court_JJ review_NN1 for_IF seven_MC years_NNT2 until_CS the_AT Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 ruling_NN1 ._. 
Pro_JJ bono_NN1 defense_NN1 lawyer_NN1 David_NP1 Remes_NP2 ,_, once_RR a_AT1 corporate_JJ attorney_NN1 who_PNQS worked_VVD on_II tobacco_NN1 ,_, oil_NN1 and_CC IBM_NP1 cases_NN2 ,_, calls_VVZ Guantanamo_NN1 case_NN1 work_NN1 routine_NN1 "_" nuts-and-bolts_NN2 litigation_NN1 "_" that_CST requires_VVZ interviewing_VVG clients_NN2 ,_, combing_VVG through_II paperwork_NN1 and_CC filing_NN1 and_CC arguing_VVG motions_NN2 --_NN1 a_AT1 characterization_NN1 government_NN1 attorneys_NN2 dispute._NNU 'EXTRAORDINARY'_JJ Justice_NN1 Department_NN1 spokesman_NN1 Dean_NP1 Boyd_NP1 said_VVD its_APPGE Civil_JJ Division_NN1 has_VHZ assigned_VVN 50_MC lawyers_NN2 to_TO defend_VVI the_AT Defense_NN1 Department_NN1 detentions_NN2 ._. 
"_" The_AT Justice_NN1 Department_NN1 's_GE habeas_NN2 team_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN producing_VVG and_CC continues_VVZ to_TO produce_VVI an_AT1 extraordinary_JJ volume_NN1 of_IO information_NN1 to_II attorneys_NN2 for_IF Guantanamo_NN1 Bay_NN1 detainees_NN2 in_II complying_VVG with_IW discovery_NN1 requests_NN2 ,_, "_" Boyd_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" As_II part_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 process_NN1 ,_, the_AT Defense_NN1 Department_NN1 and_CC the_AT intelligence_NN1 community_NN1 have_VH0 processed_VVN thousands_NNO2 of_IO individual_JJ documents_NN2 containing_JJ tens_MC2 of_IO thousands_NNO2 of_IO pages_NN2 for_IF declassification_NN1 in_II31 connection_II32 with_II33 the_AT cases_NN2 ._. "_" 
Before_CS they_PPHS2 ever_RR hear_VV0 cases_NN2 ,_, the_AT judges_NN2 are_VBR ordering_VVG the_AT government_NN1 to_TO turn_VVI over_II intelligence_NN1 ,_, deciding_VVG how_RGQ much_DA1 hearsay_NN1 to_TO allow_VVI then_RT sorting_VVG out_RP the_AT truth_NN1 between_II the_AT Pentagon_NP1 's_GE argument_NN1 for_IF continued_JJ detention_NN1 and_CC the_AT detainee_NN1 's_GE case_NN1 for_IF release_NN1 ._. 
LOGISTICS_NN1 Logistically_RR ,_, it_PPH1 has_VHZ put_VVN on_RP a_AT1 huge_JJ pile_NN1 of_IO work_NN1 ,_, not_XX just_RR the_AT legal_JJ questions_NN2 but_CCB the_AT logistics_NN1 of_IO suddenly_RR handling_VVG about_RG 200_MC cases_NN2 relying_VVG on_II classified_JJ evidence_NN1 ,_, says_VVZ Lamberth_NN1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 've_VH0 never_RR done_VDN it_PPH1 on_II this_DD1 scale_NN1 before_RT ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" If_CS a_AT1 court_NN1 has_VHZ one_PN1 at_II a_AT1 time_NNT1 ,_, that_DD1 's_VBZ unusual_JJ ._. "_" 
To_TO keep_VVI some_DD judges_NN2 '_GE calendars_NN2 clear_VV0 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, he_PPHS1 outsourced_VVD some_DD non-detainee_JJ cases_NN2 to_II federal_JJ judges_NN2 in_II Maryland_NP1 and_CC West_NP1 Virginia_NP1 ._. 
The_AT Guantanamo_NN1 cases_NN2 are_VBR being_VBG heard_VVN in_II the_AT same_DA courthouse_NN1 opposite_II the_AT National_JJ Gallery_NN1 of_IO Art_NN1 where_CS a_AT1 grand_JJ jury_NN1 heard_VVD the_AT sordid_JJ details_NN2 of_IO the_AT Monica_NP1 Lewinsky_NP1 affair_NN1 and_CC Judge_VV0 John_NP1 Sirica_NP1 sorted_VVD out_RP the_AT Watergate_NP1 scandal_NN1 ._. 
So_RG far_RR ,_, none_PN of_IO the_AT cases_NN2 of_IO former_DA CIA-held_JJ captives_NN2 now_RT at_II Guantanamo_NP1 has_VHZ had_VHN full-blown_JJ habeas_NN2 hearings_NN2 ._. 
Those_DD2 cases_NN2 are_VBR certain_JJ to_TO be_VBI even_RR more_RGR complex_JJ as_CSA intelligence_NN1 agencies_NN2 seek_VV0 to_TO shield_VVI clandestine_JJ interrogation_NN1 techniques_NN2 and_CC sites_NN2 from_II judicial_JJ scrutiny_NN1 ._. 
Sometimes_RT ,_, the_AT U.S._NP1 defense_NN1 lawyers_NN2 who_PNQS have_VH0 volunteered_VVN their_APPGE services_NN2 have_VH0 the_AT captives_NN2 testify_VV0 in_II their_APPGE own_DA defense_NN1 via_II secure_JJ video_NN1 feed_NN1 ._. 
Many_DA2 have_VH0 not_XX ,_, arguing_VVG it_PPH1 is_VBZ the_AT government_NN1 's_GE burden_NN1 to_TO defend_VVI the_AT detention_NN1 ._. 
EXAMPLE_NN1 The_AT recent_JJ opening_NN1 arguments_NN2 in_II the_AT case_NN1 of_IO Fouad_NP1 al_NP1 Rabia_NP1 v_ZZ1 Barack_NP1 Obama_NP1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 case_NN1 in_II point_NN1 ._. 
Rabia_NP1 listened_VVD over_RP a_AT1 sometimes-muted_JJ telephone_NN1 line_NN1 from_II Guantanamo_NP1 while_CS Justice_NN1 Department_NN1 attorney_NN1 Sarah_NP1 Maloney_NP1 stood_VVD in_II the_AT marble_NN1 and_CC wood-paneled_JJ court_NN1 and_CC defended_VVD his_APPGE seven-year_JJ detention_NN1 ._. 
Military-intelligence_JJ agents_NN2 concluded_VVD ,_, she_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, that_CST the_AT father_NN1 of_IO four_MC with_IW a_AT1 master_NN1 's_GE degree_NN1 from_II the_AT Daytona_NP1 Beach_NN1 campus_NN1 of_IO Embry_NP1 Riddle_NP1 Aeronautical_NP1 University_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 logistics_NN1 and_CC supply_VV0 officer_NN1 at_II the_AT December_NPM1 2001_MC battle_NN1 for_IF Tora_NP1 Bora_NP1 between_II U.S._NP1 Special_JJ Forces_NN2 hunting_VVG Osama_NP1 bin_VV0 Laden_JJ and_CC the_AT al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 founder_NN1 's_GE fanatical_JJ followers_NN2 ._. 
DEFENSE_NN1 CASE_NN1 Defense_NN1 attorney_NN1 David_NP1 Cynamon_NP1 argued_VVD that_CST the_AT logistics_NN1 officer_NN1 was_VBDZ killed_VVN in_II the_AT shock-and-awe_JJ assaults_NN2 on_II Tora_NP1 Bora_NP1 in_II Afghanistan_NP1 ._. 
Rabia_NP1 did_VDD "_" confess_VV0 ,_, "_" Cynamon_NP1 countered_VVD ,_, adding_VVG that_CST he_PPHS1 told_VVD interrogators_NN2 what_DDQ they_PPHS2 wanted_VVD to_TO hear_VVI after_II a_AT1 U.S._NP1 military_JJ program_NN1 of_IO relentless_JJ interrogation_NN1 ,_, isolation_NN1 ,_, misidentification_NN1 and_CC the_AT misguided_JJ belief_NN1 that_CST mimicking_VVG his_APPGE interrogators_NN2 story_NN1 was_VBDZ the_AT way_NN1 back_RP to_II his_APPGE wife_NN1 and_CC four_MC kids_NN2 in_II Kuwait_NP1 ._. 
Fouad_NN1 would_VM not_XX testify_VVI ._. 
Instead_RR ,_, the_AT lawyers_NN2 would_VM guide_VVI Judge_NP1 Colleen_NP1 Kollar-Kotelly_JJ through_II thousands_NNO2 of_IO pages_NN2 in_II the_AT case_NN1 ,_, brought_VVN to_II court_NN1 inside_II binders_NN2 stamped_JJ SECRET_NN1 in_II red_JJ to_TO help_VVI her_PPHO1 decide_VV0 whether_CSW the_AT Pentagon_NP1 has_VHZ the_AT power_NN1 to_TO still_RR hold_VVI him_PPHO1 --_JJ or_CC to_TO instruct_VVI President_NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE administration_NN1 to_TO arrange_VVI for_IF his_APPGE release_NN1 ._. 
The_AT judge_NN1 has_VHZ yet_RR to_TO rule_VVI ._. 
NOT_XX CITIZENS_NN2 Scholars_NN2 trace_VV0 the_AT concept_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 writ_NN1 of_IO habeas_NN121 corpus_NN122 to_II the_AT time_NNT1 before_II the_AT Magna_NN121 Carta_NN122 when_CS Anglo-Saxon_JJ kings_NN2 exercised_VVN an_AT1 unchallenged_JJ power_NN1 to_TO banish_VVI a_AT1 subject_NN1 to_II the_AT dungeon_NN1 ._. 
In_II a_AT1 classic_JJ U.S._NP1 habeas_NN121 corpus_NN122 ruling_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 judge_NN1 could_VM order_VVI the_AT captive_NN1 brought_VVN before_II the_AT court_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC set_VV0 free_JJ on_II the_AT spot_NN1 ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ difficult_JJ to_TO do_VDI in_II the_AT Guantanamo_NN1 cases_NN2 because_CS none_PN of_IO the_AT captives_NN2 is_VBZ a_AT1 citizen_NN1 ._. 
The_AT detainees_NN2 '_GE release_NN1 orders_NN2 instruct_VV0 the_AT State_NN1 Department_NN1 to_TO arrange_VVI diplomatic_JJ transfers_NN2 from_II the_AT Guantanamo_NN1 prison_NN1 camps_NN2 ._. 
The_AT courts_NN2 are_VBR also_RR holding_VVG hearings_NN2 as_II an_AT1 Obama_NN1 administration_NN1 task_NN1 force_NN1 is_VBZ deciding_VVG which_DDQ of_IO the_AT men_NN2 to_TO let_VVI go_VVI as_II part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 White_NP1 House_NN1 mandate_NN1 to_TO close_VVI the_AT prison_NN1 camps_NN2 by_II Jan._NPM1 22_MC ._. 
Some_DD judges_NN2 have_VH0 put_VVN cases_NN2 on_II hold_NN1 until_CS the_AT task_NN1 force_NN1 decides_VVZ ;_; others_NN2 are_VBR pressing_VVG ahead_RL ._. 
OTHER_JJ CASES_NN2 In_II January_NPM1 ,_, Judge_NP1 Richard_NP1 Leon_NP1 sided_VVD with_IW the_AT Pentagon_NP1 's_GE decision_NN1 to_TO detain_VVI Saudi-born_JJ Ghalib_NP1 al_NP1 Bihani_NP1 ,_, 29_MC ,_, as_CSA an_AT1 enemy_NN1 combatant_NN1 ._. 
Taken_VVN to_II Guantanamo_NP1 a_AT1 week_NNT1 after_II Camp_NP1 X-Ray_NN1 opened_VVD ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD denied_VVN that_CST he_PPHS1 ever_RR took_VVD part_NN1 in_II al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 basic_JJ weapons_NN2 training_NN1 ,_, but_CCB admitted_VVD to_II working_VVG as_II a_AT1 cook_NN1 for_IF the_AT Taliban_NN1 ._. 
"_" As_CSA Napoleon_NP1 himself_PPX1 was_VBDZ fond_JJ of_IO pointing_VVG out_RP :_: 'An_CSN army_NN1 marches_VVZ on_II its_APPGE stomach_NN1 ,_, '_GE "_" Leon_NP1 wrote_VVD ._. 
Seven_MC months_NNT2 later_RRR ,_, Judge_NP1 Gladys_NP1 Kessler_NP1 ordered_VVD the_AT release_NN1 of_IO Mohammed_NP1 al_NP1 Adahi_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 47-year-old_JJ Yemeni_NN1 who_PNQS admitted_VVD he_PPHS1 went_VVD to_II a_AT1 wedding_NN1 party_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE sister_NN1 put_VVN on_RP by_II Osama_NP1 bin_NN1 Laden_VVN in_II Afghanistan_NP1 and_CC also_RR attended_VVD al_NP1 Qaeda_NP1 boot_NN1 camp_NN1 ,_, but_CCB washed_VVD out_RP ._. 
Although_CS "_" sensational_JJ and_CC compelling_JJ ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 wrote_VVD in_II her_APPGE 24-page_JJ ruling_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 "_" does_VDZ not_XX constitute_VVI actual_JJ ,_, reliable_JJ evidence_NN1 that_CST would_VM justify_VVI the_AT government_NN1 's_GE detention_NN1 ._. "_" 
Adahi_NP1 remains_VVZ in_II Cuba_NP1 while_CS diplomats_NN2 seek_VV0 a_AT1 repatriation_NN1 agreement_NN1 with_IW Yemen._NP1 'FRUSTRATIONS_NP1 '_GE Lawyers_NN2 liken_VV0 these_DD2 to_II "_" show-cause_JJ hearings_NN2 ,_, "_" a_AT1 criminal_NN1 proceeding_VVG under_II the_AT most_RGT unusual_JJ circumstances_NN2 --_NN1 using_VVG seven-year-old_JJ files_NN2 ,_, some_DD classified_JJ ,_, gathered_VVD not_XX for_IF prosecution_NN1 but_CCB intelligence_NN1 efforts_NN2 ._. 
Two_MC weeks_NNT2 ago_RA ,_, Judge_NP1 Paul_NP1 Friedman_NP1 struggled_VVD aloud_RR with_IW the_AT question_NN1 of_IO whether_CSW detainee_NN1 Saifulla_NP1 Paracha_NP1 ,_, 62_MC ,_, might_VM post_NN1 bail_NN1 ._. 
"_" That_DD1 's_VBZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT great_JJ frustrations_NN2 that_CST judges_NN2 have_VH0 ,_, "_" Friedman_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" They_PPHS2 reach_VV0 a_AT1 decision_NN1 ,_, then_RT do_VD0 they_PPHS2 have_VHI the_AT power_NN1 to_TO release_VVI them_PPHO2 into_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 or_CC into_II Cuba_NP1 ?_? "_" 
Government_NN1 lawyers_NN2 are_VBR still_RR combing_VVG through_II Guantanamo_NP1 documents_VVZ to_TO decide_VVI which_DDQ his_APPGE lawyers_NN2 may_VM see_VVI ,_, and_CC an_AT1 actual_JJ merits_NN2 hearing_NN1 wo_VM n't_XX be_VBI held_VVN until_II next_MD year_NNT1 ._. 
RENDITION_NN1 CASE_NN1 Meantime_NNT1 ,_, Maryland_NP1 defense_NN1 attorney_NN1 Gaillard_NP1 Hunt_NP1 said_VVD ,_, Paracha_NP1 could_VM be_VBI fitted_VVN with_IW a_AT1 tracking_JJ device_NN1 on_II his_APPGE ankle_NN1 and_CC move_VV0 to_II a_AT1 family_NN1 home_RL in_II Brooklyn_NP1 ,_, or_CC await_VV0 his_APPGE hearing_NN1 in_II Karachi_NP1 ,_, Pakistan_NP1 ._. 
In_II 2003_MC ,_, masked_JJ men_NN2 seized_VVD Paracha_NP1 as_CSA he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ leaving_VVG the_AT airport_NN1 in_II Bangkok_NP1 ,_, Thailand_NP1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 his_APPGE petition_NN1 for_IF release_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE captors_NN2 then_RT spirited_VVD him_PPHO1 to_II Afghanistan_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 technique_NN1 now_RT known_VVN as_II rendition_NN1 ,_, for_IF a_AT1 year_NNT1 of_IO U.S._NP1 interrogation_NN1 and_CC detention_NN1 before_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ sent_VVN to_II Cuba_NP1 in_II September_NPM1 2004_MC ._. 
He_PPHS1 has_VHZ never_RR been_VBN charged_VVN with_IW a_AT1 crime_NN1 ,_, nor_CC has_VHZ he_PPHS1 ever_RR claimed_VVN his_APPGE American_JJ captors_NN2 tortured_VVD him_PPHO1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 has_VHZ a_AT1 heart_NN1 condition_NN1 but_CCB refused_VVD a_AT1 U.S._NP1 military_JJ plan_NN1 to_TO treat_VVI him_PPHO1 with_IW angioplasty_NN1 ._. 
Rather_CS21 than_CS22 rule_VVI immediately_RR on_II bail_NN1 ,_, Friedman_NP1 gave_VVD the_AT government_NN1 two_MC months_NNT2 to_TO start_VVI providing_VVG Paracha_NP1 's_GE lawyers_NN2 with_IW the_AT paperwork_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC asked_VVD for_IF a_AT1 formal_JJ response_NN1 on_II the_AT bail_NN1 question_NN1 by_II Halloween_NNT1 ._. 
