Justice Department lawyers argue in a filing unsealed Monday that a 74-pound Guantánamo hunger striker is not sick enough to require hospitalization or continuous tube feedings and that the Yemeni captive alone bears responsibility for any adverse health consequences in U.S. military custody.

The 49-page filing asks U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan to refuse the habeas corpus petition of 13-year detainee Tariq Ba Odah and to reject his bid for a federal court release order. Ba Odah has been on a hunger strike since 2007. He is among 52 Guantánamo detainees who are approved for release to a foreign country with security assurances. ...

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