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New Legislation Suspends Habeas Corpus for Terror Detainees
When George Bush signs the Military Commissions Act, will the US President have the "privilege of kings?" Conservative scholars are among those saying the new law will violate the Constitution and overturn legal principles that date to the Middle Ages. We hear both sides. Plus, US response to North Korea's announcement of its first nuclear weapon's test, and the latest on the September 11 blame-game between the CIA and the White House.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenWhen George Bush signs the Military Commissions Act, will the US President have the "privilege of kings?"Conservative scholars are among those saying the new law will violate the Constitution and overturn legal principles that date to the Middle Ages. We hear both sides. Plus, US response to North Korea's announcement of its first nuclear weapon's test, and the latest on the September 11 blame-game between the CIA and the White House.
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North Korea announced today it will conduct its first test of a nuclear weapon. The US calls that "provocative" and an "unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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After a White House compromise with Republican Senators McCain , Warner and Graham last week, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act . With a few exceptions, the final votes in the Senate and Congress went along party lines. President Bush's signing ceremony for the legislation, which sets the rules for the treatment of terrorist…
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In his latest book, State of Denial , Bob Woodward reports that former CIA Director George Tenet and his aide, Cofer Black, gave Condoleezza Rice their "starkest warning" that al Quaeda had plans to attack the US in a meeting held two months before September 11.
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