Fate of (Guantanamo) Detainees Now With Appeals Court (AP)

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Source: Associated Press

Fate of Detainees Now With Appeals Court

The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 15, 2007; 3:32 AM

WASHINGTON -- The saga of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay _ in
captivity for years _ is focusing on military tribunals that found them
to be enemy combatants, which left them without any of the rights
accorded prisoners of war.

Their cases are to take a detour into a federal appeals court Tuesday,
a move arranged by a Republican-controlled Congress at the urging of
the Bush administration.

The detainees' attorneys want the appeals court to allow a broad
inquiry questioning the accuracy of the evidence the tribunals
gathered about the detainees, most of it classified.

The Justice Department seeks a limited review, saying that the
findings of the military tribunals are "entitled to the highest level of
deference."

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia should
not engage in fact-finding, argues the Justice Department.

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