WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon set rules Thursday for detainee trials that could allow terror suspects to be convicted and perhaps executed using hearsay testimony and coerced statements, setting up a new clash between President Bush and Congress.
The rules are fair, said the Pentagon, which released them in a manual for the expected trials. Democrats controlling Congress said they would hold hearings and revive legislation on the plan, and human rights organizations complained as they always do that the regulations would allow evidence that would not be tolerated in civilian or military courtrooms.
I'm beginning to think that the DoD ought to 1) release information on what each of these jokers did and 2) call for a public discussion of what should be done with them. Start wtih the ones who killed Americans, then move on to the ones who snuffed women, kids and fluffy bunnies. Let's see the Dhimmicrats and the so-called 'human rights' crowd defend these mooks when we get specific with the details. Right now it's all about 'terrorist rights'. Let's start talking again about 'terrorist acts'. | According to the 238-page manual, a detainee's lawyer could not reveal classified evidence in the person's defense until the government had a chance to review it. Suspects would be allowed to view summaries of classified evidence, not the material itself.
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