The War on Terror: At Least We Caught the Driver

Breaking News that US authorities are going to release Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's driver, from Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay. A few months ago, he was given a six-year sentence on the charge of "supporting terrorism", but having already been detained for more than five years, he will be allowed to serve out the remaining two months in his native Yemen.

So, after shredding international law and bypassing the US courts to run this facility since 2002, our top felon is the guy who chauffeured Al Qa'eda which meant --- surprise, surprise --- that there were weapons in the boot of the car. With the facade of the military tribunal system collapsing and with US federal judges now ruling that there is no cause for holding some of the almost 300 folks who are still in the Camp, the War on Terror's limbo is now becoming even more apparent.

Good news, however: the detainees are going to be given art lessons and video games to keep them happy and de-radicalised. (I'm presuming that the War on Terror boardgame is not going to be amongst these goodies.)