Post by KNOWTHIS on Jun 20, 2008 22:23:49 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/guantanamo_evidence
APNewsBreak: US asks to rewrite detainee evidence
APNewsBreak: US asks to rewrite detainee evidence
The Bush administration wants to rewrite the official evidence against Guantanamo Bay detainees, allowing it to shore up its cases before they come under scrutiny by civilian judges for the first time.
The government has stood behind the evidence for years. Military review boards relied on it to justify holding hundreds of prisoners indefinitely without charge. Justice Department attorneys said it was thoroughly and fairly reviewed.
Now that federal judges are about to review the evidence, however, the government says it needs to make changes....
The government has stood behind the evidence for years. Military review boards relied on it to justify holding hundreds of prisoners indefinitely without charge. Justice Department attorneys said it was thoroughly and fairly reviewed.
Now that federal judges are about to review the evidence, however, the government says it needs to make changes....