Exactly 3 years ago, civilian casualties were mounting in Afghanistan and prisoners were drugged, hooded and dragged in chains to Guantanamo naval base.Alberto Gonzales, recently nominated by George Bush to replace John Ashcroft, established a legal argument that Guantanamo would be outside of any legal jurisdiction.

Prisoners still languish there, regardless of their innocence or guilt they have become pawns in a test of a presidential power.