Four Guantanamo detainees win right to sue government

I hadn't seen this story in the US press but came across it when I took my daily trek to the UK press:

Four British citizens released from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay have won the right to sue their captors for violation of their religious rights.

The four - Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul from Tipton, in the West Midlands, and Jamal al-Harith, from Manchester - have spent the past two years pursuing a wide array of complaints against the Pentagon and their military captors, including allegations of physical and mental abuse as well as affronts to their Muslim faith. This, though, marked the first time that a significant legal decision has gone in their favour.

A potentially ground-breaking ruling from a federal judge in Washington rejected the US government's argument that Guantanamo, in south-eastern Cuba, is beyond the jurisdiction of the US civilian courts. Instead, District Judge Ricardo Urbina said the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act applies to all territories and possessions of the United States.

That could be an interesting trial if it ever happens. However, I'm sure the Bushies will find some way to keep it out of court. Perhaps they'll refuse to concede the jurisdiction of the Court and simply not show up for trial. More likely, they'll invoke "national security" as an out. Failing all of that, they'll probably simply settle with the plaintiffs to keep it out of court.