Boumediene Order's Impact Spreads

Posted by Lyle Denniston at 01:03 PM, Wednesday July 18, 2007
 

The Supreme Court's surprise agreement on June 29 to rule again on the legal rights of detainees held by the U.S. military is having a widening impact, on Wednesday reaching a case involving a military prison run by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The case of Fadi Al Maqaleh v. Gates, et al. (District Court docket 06-1669) raises a number of issues different from those involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- especially, whether U.S. law differs as it applies to a prison at a military facility that is in or near an actual combat zone or battlefield. The government insists U.S. courts have no power to hear cases from such prisoners.

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