Guantanamo detainees lose court case - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com

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Guantanamo detainees lose court case

Challenges to military system are denied in big win for administration

BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 10:27 a.m. ET Feb 20, 2007

WASHINGTON - Guantanamo Bay detainees may not challenge their detention in U.S. courts, a federal appeals court said Tuesday in a ruling upholding a key provision in President Bush’s anti-terrorism law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that civilian courts no longer have the authority to consider whether the military is illegally holding foreigners.

This report will be updated as information becomes available.

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