Just out from the ACLU: a redacted list naming 645 detainees held by the U.S. at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. ACLU filed a suit in September to get the names as well as stuff they don’t have (yet) — “records relating to the rules and agreements that govern the facility and documents pertaining to the conditions of confinement and status review process afforded prisoners,” according to a just-released statement.

Peruse the list here. Attorney Melissa Goodman says in the statement:

“Releasing the names of those held at Bagram is an important step toward transparency and accountability at the secretive Bagram prison, but it is just a first step. Hundreds of people have languished at Bagram for years in horrid and abusive conditions, without even being told why they’re detained or given a fair chance to argue for release. The information the government continues to withhold, however, is just as vital as the names of prisoners. Full transparency and accountability about Bagram requires disclosing how long these people have been imprisoned, where they are from and whether they were captured far from any battlefield or in other countries far from Afghanistan.“The public has long been kept in the dark about what goes on at Bagram. It is time to shine a bright light on the secretive prison.”

In a recent move I was surprised to see, the Afghan government reached an agreement with the U.S. military command to turn over Bagram to Afghan control over the next several months. The plan is to transition from U.S. military control to Afghan Defense Ministry control to, eventually (and open-endedly as of now) Afghan Justice Ministry control.  That gets the U.S. out of the Bagram business, obviously, and forecloses on the option of the U.S. operating an Afghan Guantanamo. But it’s not clear what it means for the detainees themselves. The Afghan rule of law is not exactly robust. While the U.S. is getting out of Bagram, the 645 detainees there as of September probably won’t be as lucky.