Top Republicans Challenge Bush on Terror Prosecution

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So is Roves plan backfiring? Bet they werent expecting this.

Top Republicans Challenge Bush On Terror Prosecution...
New York Times | Kate Zernike | Posted September 7, 2006 09:14 PM



The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terror suspects to trial met stiff resistance Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said that some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny or do enough to repair the nation's tarnished reputation internationally.

Democrats, meanwhile, said they were inclined to go along with Senate Republicans who have been drafting an alternative to the White House plan, one that would allow greater rights to defendants. That left Republicans to argue among themselves about what the tribunals would look like.


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