A group of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, many who have been held for seven years as enemy combatants, have pleaded with the Supreme Court that any further delay in the appeals about their detention (filed under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005) would be “unconscionable.” The Bush administration, however, is seeking to delay or derail the appeals process because it believes that due process will “impose extraordinary compliance burdens” and pose a “serious threat to national security.” (New York Times)
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