Lawyers group demands legal rights for enemy combatants

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

SEATTLE -- The American Bar Association on Monday denounced the classification of certain U.S. terrorism suspects as "enemy combatants," which has allowed the government to hold them indefinitely and block access to lawyers and courts.

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