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Attorney general says detainee trials to go on
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/scotus_guantanamo;_ylt=A0WTcUXAX1JIzoAAnhus0NUE ^

Posted on 06/13/2008 7:04:15 AM PDT by chessplayer

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees would not affect the trials of enemy combatants. A divided court ruled decided suspected terrorists have the right to go to federal court to seek their release from indefinite detention.

He added: "I think it bears emphasis that the court's decision does not concern military commission trials, which will continue to proceed. Instead it addresses the procedures that the Congress and the president put in place to permit enemy combatants to challenge their detention."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: doj; enemycombatants; gitmo; militarycommissions; mukasey; terrortrials
DU`ers are outraged. They are claiming the supreme court decision blocks the military trials.
1 posted on 06/13/2008 7:04:15 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

i wonder what kind of ‘defense’ the can present?

are we going to have to pay for their buddies to fly over from afghanistans, swear on the bible that they are not terrorists (i mean LIE) and then pay to ship them back?


2 posted on 06/13/2008 7:07:41 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: chessplayer

What’s next? The court stopping troop movements?


3 posted on 06/13/2008 7:52:43 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Mr. K

heh heh heh “Swear on the Bible.” Be careful, you could get your head cut off for such an intolerant remark.


4 posted on 06/13/2008 8:08:35 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I tried to explain that I meant it as a compliment, but that only appears to have made things worse.)
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