THE NUMBER OF MEN TO BE HELD INDEFINITELY-WITHOUT CHARGE or TRIAL- HAS INCREASED

The Bush Obama administration has just increased the number of men to be held indefinitely without charge or trial by approximately 15 men (it might be 18 but it is too hard to figure that part out because of the way the government released the information). The reason for the increase is the simultaneous decision to not go ahead with military commissions for these men- because they do not have sufficient evidence to convict the men in a military commission hearing. Read the story here.
So yes, you are reading this correctly. The military is not going forward with commission charges because they don't have any evidence to support the cases--but not having evidence has not stopped the military from holding men indefinitely without ever charging them with wrongdoing. Why? Because the military has a hunch that these men are terrorists and a hunch is good enough to keep them forever detained. That brings the number of men that the good ole U.S. of A has decided to keep in detention forever without charge to 63.