Congress debates rights of Gitmo terror suspects
Thursday, June 16, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A senior Republican, Sen. Arlen Specter, urged Congress on Wednesday to clarify prisoners' rights at Guantanamo Bay, decrying a "crazy quilt" of legal decisions about the military's handling of suspected terrorists. Other Republicans on Specter's Judiciary Committee were divided over whether the Bush administration's practices were satisfactory. The Senate panel convened to wade into the complicated system in place to detain, interrogate and, if warranted, prosecute foreigners suspected of having links to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime or the al-Qaida terror network.
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