to maintain pressure on the administration. And while I'm doing a round-up of responses, thanks, as ever, for your considered comments, Frances, though I believe that, given his record, Judge Bates was not necessarily expected to demonstrate such intelligence and kindliness -- although he has, as you say, certainly distinguished himself in this case. US + Israel = madness.. Imprisonment of thousands without rights of appeal. Displacement of millions without any form of compensation. Death and destruction. Threats and sanctions. makes you wonder if there is anything positive with either regime or their policies. so many homeless, jobless, imprisoned, ill with inadequate health care in the US but still the US/Israeli war machine takes priority.. I wondered if you would take on the Bagram problem as well. at least you are doing something to put some of the madness right.. Ingrid B. Norway. Thanks, Ingrid. Good to hear from you. I guess sometimes it's difficult to believe that the small gestures will amount to much -- especially when it comes to the homicidal apartheid that dominates one particular part of the Middle East, but the only other choice is apathy and despair ... [...] Some (beyond the 14) may have also been transferred to Guantnamo, others are undoubtedly still held in Bagram, and others have been returned to the custody of their home countries -- or, perhaps, to be [...] [...] are essentially the same." In fact, as Judge Bates also noted (and as I explained in depth in an