Guantamo Detainees Entitled to Attorneys . . .

[ET Awful]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday for the first time that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba should have access to lawyers and the American court system.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision was a rebuke to the Bush Administration.

The administration maintains that because the 660 men held there were picked up overseas on suspicion of terrorism and are being held on foreign land, they may be detained indefinitely without charges or trial.

The Supreme Court last month agreed to decide whether the detainees, picked up in Afghanistan and Pakistan, should have access to the courts. The justices agreed to hear that case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the prisoners had no rights to the American legal system. . . .

The remainder of the story is at

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031218/D7VH0F104.html

Sorry if this is a dupe, I haven't seen it yet.

[Moderator]

1. Hi ET Awful

When posting in LBN, please use the article title as the title of your post:

"Court: Terror Suspects Must Get Lawyers"

Thanks.