Hey, Americans are Finally Seeing the Light as Regards Gitmo

This is as of today! A poll taken by ABC News and the Washington Post shows that 71% of Americans believe that the prisoners at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba should be either given Prisoner of War status or charged with a crime. The poll was taken between Thursday and Sunday (23 - 25 June 2006) with the required sample size (about 1100) to give it a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. (Yes, I teach statistics at the local college!)

Only 25 percent support the current White House policy of holding these detainees indefinitely and without charges.

Even without a poll to lend support to my personal repulsion of such an obvious breach of either international laws (Geneva Conventions apply if they are POWs) or our own laws (if they are suspects in a crime), no one should be held indefinitely without the right to hearing the charges against them and (ultimately) a fair trial.

How is it that this continues to slip under the radar as regards coverage in the mainstream media year after year?