The Pentagon said Friday it was releasing the names of hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees in the war on terror after losing a court battle with a US news outlet. The Pentagon will now reissue transcripts of detainee hearings that were released a year ago, but this time the names will not be blacked out, a US Defence Department spokesman said. The transcripts were released after The Associated Press won a court decision, but when the names were blacked out, the news service sued again under the US Freedom of Information Act. Last week a judge ordered the Pentagon to release the documents without withholding the identities.

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