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Lindsey Graham: Of all the people we have detained--over 500--no one has been brought to trial yet. Two will be brought to trial in…

On the recordOctober 5, 2005
Of all the people we have detained--over 500--no one has been brought to trial yet. Two will be brought to trial in November. One of the reasons that we cannot bring people to trial is because the Federal courts have issued a stay on prosecutions that has now been lifted. We are moving forward. There is another Supreme Court case dealing with the due process rights of determining whether a person is an enemy combatant. The procedure is in place at Guantanamo Bay and has been generally blessed by the Court because they have been stayed on those proceedings, too. Mr. McCAIN. If the Senator will yield, aren't there two different Court decisions now that are in direct contravention of each other as to the disposition of these cases?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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