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Obama to Restart Gitmo Tribunals

But this time, suspects will have more rights, legal protections

By the Associated Press

Posted May 15, 2009 6:21 AM CDT

(AP) – President Obama will restart military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees—reviving a trial system he once said the Bush administration had abused—but with new legal protections for terror suspects, officials said. The trials will remain frozen for another 4 months as... Read full story »

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