High court may decide Guantanamo's fate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court may decide later this year whether the U.S. prison at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay should be closed due to alleged misconduct allegations.

The Independent said Saturday that when the U.S. Supreme Court meets on Dec. 5 to discuss the controversial detainee program at the Cuban site, it will hear a U.S. military lawyer's report of an "unconscionable" detainment of one prisoner at the site.

The whistle-blower, a U.S. Army major whose identity has not been revealed, will detail the alleged mistreatment of a Sudanese hospital administrator being held at Guantanamo Bay.

The unidentified major's statements about the U.S. military court system at Guantanamo Bay echo activists' earlier criticisms of the controversial site, many of which called for the prison to be closed down.

"It's a kangaroo court system and completely corrupt," Center for Constitutional Rights president Michael Ratner said of the military system. "Stalin had show trials, but at Guantanamo they are not even show trials because it all takes place in secret."

The British newspaper said that the December hearing will mark the second time the prison has been targeted for closure under the U.S. legal system.