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Civil Rights and National Security
At the White House last week, President Bush signed the controversial new law on treatment of suspects in the "war on terror."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAt the White House last week, President Bush signed the controversial new law on treatment of suspects in the "war on terror." It lays out new rules for interrogation, detention and prosecution. Two hours after the President signed his name, the Justice Department began telling federal judges that dozens of lawsuits filed by detainees don't belong in their courts any more because military tribunals now have jurisdiction. Lawyers for the detainees are filing arguments of their own, claiming the new law is unconstitutional. When will alleged coordinators of September 11th be brought before military tribunals? Do other prisoners now face unlimited detention without their day in court? Does the President now have sole power to tell the CIA what is torture and what's not?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Vanessa Romo
LA School Report
Erwin Chemerinsky
constitutional law professor and dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
Douglas Kmiec
Pepperdine University
Carroll Doherty
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
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