... he better have something to say about this, and he better say it quick. The administration is now claiming that the McCain amendment doesn't apply to Gitmo.
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| Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law that bans cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody does not apply to people held at the military prison.
In federal court yesterday and in legal filings, Justice Department lawyers contended that a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, cannot use legislation drafted by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to challenge treatment that the detainee's lawyers described as "systematic torture." |
Once again Congress passes a law and the administration decides to ignore it. Will McCain step up?
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