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Question time: the interrogation of terrorists by an idealistic country.

National Review

| October 09, 2006 | Rivkin, David B., Jr.; Casey, Lee A. | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE Bush White House is locked in an acrimonious debate with Republican senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and John Warner over legislation to establish military commissions for the trial and punishment of captured terrorists. At issue are two competing forms of such legislation: the administration's proposal and an alternative that has emerged from the Senate Armed Services Committee. To the casual observer, the differences between the two bills may seem trivial. Both answer the Supreme Court's ill-judged decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which invalidated the military-commission rules originally established by presidential order. Both also try to preserve a CIA program ...

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