Lawyers for those at Guantanamo Bay

[Popmartijn]

Surprised nobody has reported this yet...

From the BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3332739.stm

Double legal terror blow for Bush

The Bush administration has suffered two legal setbacks in its efforts to curtail the rights of those it accuses of being involved in terrorism.

A federal appeals court has ruled US authorities do not have the power to detain a US citizen seized on US soil as an "enemy combatant".

And a court said detainees being held by the US military at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba should have access to lawyers.

... (click BBC link for rest of article - MJ)

I hope these rulings will stand after appeal. Not to make a judgement whether those detained are innocent or not, but I do think that access to lawyers is a right they should have.

C ya!

Marty

 

[BVS]

This is a good start.

 

[Dreadsox]

I cannot believe that after all these months of debate in this forun this is the response....to this thread...

hmmmmm

 

[DrTeeth]

It will go on appeal so I won't be cheering yet.