[lbo-talk] Detainee Measure to Have Fewer Restrictions

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Tue Sep 26 15:23:18 PDT 2006


[ thanks, kirsten ]


>> Republican lawmakers and the White House agreed over
>> the weekend to alter new legislation on military commissions
>> to allow the United States to detain and try a wider range
>> of foreign nationals than an earlier version of the bill
>> permitted, according to government sources.

Interesting review of the article in Salon:

http://salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/09/26/tyrannical_power/index.html

Original article:

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092501514.html



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