White House appeals to Supreme court to limit info given to detainees

White House appeals to Supreme court to limit info given to detainees

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in an effort to limit the information it must provide when Guantanamo Bay prisoners challenge their continued captivity.

Administration lawyers appealed a ruling by a federal appeals court that would require the U.S. government to turn over virtually all its information on many detainees as part of the legal review.

The administration argued that it should be required to provide to the appeals court and to defense lawyers only the evidence that had been presented to the military tribunal that designated the prisoner an enemy combatant.

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Awesome. So hold the detainees, without trial, don't give them any of the 'proof' you have of them having done anything that warrants their detainment, and don't let them contest it. Sounds like the democratic way of law to me. No wonder all the Iraqi's and Afghani's are so eager to embrace our 'freedoms'. lol

Thing is, if you truly have the evidence, then why the need to hide it? It shouldn't matter if you've got the proof.

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