WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to turn away a challenge to the military commissions the Bush administration created to put some detainees at Guantanamo Bay on trial for war crimes.
Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan are seeking Supreme Court review of an appeals court decision in which Judge John Roberts sided with the other two judges in favor of the Bush administration.
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Hamdan's lawyers object to the possibility that classified documents will be introduced against him at trial and that he would not be given access to the information.
It is entirely possible that no classified material would be presented by the prosecution, the government said in asking the Supreme Court not to hear Hamdan's case.
The Justice Department pointed out that the Pentagon relaxed the rules for tribunals a week ago, enabling classified information to be shared with defendants "to the extent consistent with national security, law enforcement interests and applicable law."
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