Key Win on Tribunals!

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  1. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

    Nov 5, 2002
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    Court backs military trials for terrorist suspects
    Associated Press
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3267635
    WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court put the Bush administration's military commissions for terrorist suspects back on track today, saying a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison who once was Osama bin-Laden's driver can stand trial. A three-judge panel ruled 3-0 against Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose case was halted by a federal judge on grounds that commission procedures were unlawful.

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    I would predict that this AP story gets zero media coverage beyond local; i.e., Houston Chronicle et al., the national boys (CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC) will touch upon it lightly if at all! Nevertheless, a big win for tribunals and Bush's policy!
     
  2. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Minneapolis Star-Tribune
    USA Today
    NY Times

    http://www.hearstcorp.com/newspapers/property/news_daily_houston.html
    If the Houston Chronicle is a "local" paper, what qualifies as a national paper?
     
  3. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    I didn't see the NYT cover this story...what page was it on?
     
  4. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  5. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

    Nov 5, 2002
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    Thank you SoFla Metro! I stand corrected... the Times did cover it! My bad!

    (maybe they've accepted the inevitable after all)
     
  6. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Once again, however, it would appear that the Washington Times is continuing with its blackout of news important to ITN.
     
  7. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    CNN has it as one of the headlines at the top of their web page, bright guy.

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/15/terror.ruling.ap/index.html
     

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