White House disagrees with Gitmo ruling - Focus on Guantanamo - MSNBC.com

White House disagrees with Gitmo ruling - Focus on Guantanamo - MSNBC.com: "PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The White House on Tuesday said it disagreed with rulings by U.S. military judges to drop all war crimes charges against two Guantanamo prisoners facing trial, and that the Defense Department was considering whether to appeal.

“We don’t agree with the ruling on the military commissions,” White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters in Prague where President Bush is meeting with leaders of the Czech Republic.

The judges on Monday said they lacked jurisdiction under the strict definition of those eligible for trial by military tribunal under a law enacted last year.

The Defense Department “will make a determination as to whether it’s appropriate to file an appeal or not,” Fratto said. “It does show that the system is taking great care to be within the letter of the law.”

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was traveling in Asia, said he was not familiar with the details of the ruling.

“If it is as described, that’s the reason we have a judicial process in all of this and we’ll have to take a look at it and see what the implications are,” he said." Read complete post here.