A Sea Change At Gitmo Bay?

At first glance, I thought this story, about the dismissal of charges against Omar Khadr in a military court, was siply on a technicality, due to the fact that he was labeled an "enemy combatant" and not an "unlawful enemy combatant." Which is amusing, considering the Bush Administration went to great lengths to put these military tribunals together, only to see them overturned by word choice (yay, look how safe they're keeping us! Man, competence and this White House don't mix, do they?) But apparently there's a bit more to it, at least according to Khadr's lawyer:

Sullivan said the dismissal of Khadr case has "huge" impact because none of the detainees held at this isolated military base in southeast Cuba has been found to be an "unlawful" enemy combatant.

"It is not just a technicality — it's the latest demonstration that this newest system just does not work," Sullivan told journalists. "It is a system of justice that does not comport with American values."

I'm not so sure what kind of a win this is; after all, what it means is that Khadr can't be tried, but he's going right back to his cell at Gitmo and it's not like he's being released. So we'll have to see how it plays out.