|
The War Profiteers - War Crimes,
Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
|
February 14th,
2007 - Bush Order Allows Guantanamo Trials to Move Ahead |
|
Bush Order Allows Guantanamo
Trials to Move Ahead Reuters 14 February 2007 4:28 PM ET Washington - President
George W. Bush on Wednesday issued an executive order that will allow cases
against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to move forward and be considered by
military tribunals, the White House said. The executive order
authorizes the establishment of military commissions, fulfilling a technical
step required by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which Bush signed into
law last October. Military prosecutors have
filed charges against an Australian, a Yemeni, and a Canadian held at the
U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, where foreign terrorism suspects
are being held. “Now those charges can be
reviewed and, as appropriate, trials will be able to proceed before the
military commissions established by this executive order,” said Gordon
Johndroe, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council. External link: http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N14388996 |