If you haven't watched the Guardian's animated short, based on accounts of hunger-strikers at Guantánamo Bay, you should:

These stories come from people who were cleared for release years ago but are still stuck in a prison that seems to exist in a strange, quasi-lawful limbo. As the Center for Constitutional Rights described the situation:

Even in a courtroom that was closed to the public and the press, and with the detainees allowed access to the proceedings only by telephone, the court could find no reason to hold these men. This decision makes it clear once again that even with presumptions in its favor, the government cannot muster the barest evidence in support of its arbitrary detentions. For seven years, the Bush administration sought to avoid the courts because it had no evidence and sought instead to create a lawless prison.

In other Guantanamo news, former Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson—who "currently pursues a career in photojournalism"—is headed that way for a USO tour to cheer up the troops.

With any luck, the next hand that restrains and shoves a feeding tube up the nose of a cleared-for-release-but-still-detained prisoner will have shaken hands with the oldest player to pitch a perfect game in major league baseball!