Due process AWOL at Guantanamo Bay:

"It took one year for the military at Guantanamo to recently determine that three Afghan youths should be released and repatriated.

And, of course, to raise these issues is to be soft on terrorists.

No, this is about recognizing that we are letting fear rule our reason.

One of the Afghan youths, Mohammed Ismail Agha, 15, told the New York Times that he is not bitter. He was released two weeks ago with two other youths, 13 and 15.

The rest of us should be bitter on his behalf, and on our own, because his treatment demeans us all...

Though not bitter, Agha says the United States should compensate his father for the money he borrowed to try to find him.

We should pay more than that. The best payment would be a just Supreme Court ruling this year. It should make clear that we cannot hold anyone indefinitely - POWs, enemy combatants, immigrants or criminals - without due process that is both transparent and respects basic human rights."