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Article: White House says Supreme Court ruling could allow detainees to go free in the United States
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- July 3, 2008
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The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanomo Bay could end up walking the streets in the United States in the wake of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights.
The ruling, which gave all detainees the right to petition federal judges for immediate release, has intensified discussions within the Bush administration about what to do with the roughly 270 detainees held at Guantanomo Bay.
"I'm sure that none of us want Khalid Sheikh Mohammed walking around our neighborhoods," White House press secretary Dana Perino said about al-Qaida's former third in command.
President George W. Bush strongly disagreed with the ...