Uh....

Hamdan - bin Laden's driver - was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. Well, sort of:

The military judge, Capt. Keith J. Allred of the Navy, had already said that he planned to give Mr. Hamdan credit for the 61 months he had been held, meaning that Mr. Hamdan could complete his criminal sentence in five months. After that his fate is unclear, because the Bush administration says that it can hold detainees here until the end of the war on terror.

That italicized portion is incredible. It is a statement which is completely impervious to parody or satire. It's the equivalent of a little boy, cheeks red, pounding his fists on the table and telling his parents he'll clean as room as soon as he beats Morrowind.