An inexplicable power grab

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Author(s) Richard Samp
Source USA Today
Date June 13, 2008
URL http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/opposing-view-1.html
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Quotes-start.png "The court's unprecedented power grab is inexplicable given the absence of substantial evidence that innocent people are being detained. Every Guantanamo Bay detainee has been afforded a hearing in front of a Combatant Status Review Tribunal; those still being held were all determined to be enemy combatants. The basic fairness of the hearings is readily apparent. Many resulted in detainees being released." Quotes-end.png


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