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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017.sPubDate = "10/17/2006 2:16:56 PM GMT";
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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017.appHeader = "fact file|TERROR BILL";
Bush_Terror_Bill_061017.appDeck = "Highlights of the military commissions and interrogation system";
Bush_Terror_Bill_061017.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press";
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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>President Bush is signing into law new standards expediting interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects.  Click on an item in the left-hand column to see more specifics about that portion of the measure.";

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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>- The military can detain any foreigner it believes is an \"unlawful enemy combatant.\"<br>- The new bill defines this as anyone \"who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its co-belligerents.\" This definition is aimed at terrorists and people who finance terrorists.<br>- The military can detain an individual indefinitely if it believes he is a threat to forces on the battlefield or U.S. citizens.<br>- The court would not be used to prosecute U.S. citizens or individuals who fight in foreign forces on behalf of a sovereign state.";

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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>- The military gets to decide whom it prosecutes and is not required to bring charges against every prisoner. The military has some 14,000 detainees in custody.<br>- So far, the military has identified 10 individuals out of the estimated 450 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba who are people for whom the military believes it has enough evidence for successful prosecution. President Bush is expected to bring charges against 14 others recently transferred to the military prison from CIA custody.<br>- The military does not have plans yet to prosecute the remaining prisoners, most of whom are held in Iraq and Afghanistan. There, prisoners must await the decision of a military review board to determine whether they can be released. In Iraq, the review board includes representatives from the Iraqi government and coalition forces.";

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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>- Each defendant selected for prosecution must be assigned a military defense counsel. The defendant could retain civilian counsel if the counsel is eligible to have access to classified information.<br>- Statements obtained by torture would not be admissible as evidence.<br>- Statements obtained using interrogation methods that violate a 2005 ban on \"cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment\" would be admissible as evidence if they were taken before the ban took effect and a judge found the statements were reliable and would serve the \"interests of justice.\"<br>- The commission could determine the punishment, including death.<br>- A defendant would be allowed to examine and respond to any evidence given to a jury. If classified information were needed for prosecution, an unclassified summary would be provided.<br>- When the government wants to protect classified information and an unclassified substitute is not available, the government could decide to drop the charges. Under the laws of war, the president would not be required to release the combatant.<br>- Defendants would be barred from protesting their detention or treatment in civilian courts.";

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Bush_Terror_Bill_061017[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>- The president would not be allowed to authorize any interrogation technique that amounted to a war crime. These include torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, murder, mutilation or maiming, serious bodily injury, sexual abuse, taking hostages, rape and biological experiments. An extensive definition of each crime is provided.<br>- Proponents of the bill say abusive interrogation methods, including \"waterboarding\" -  or simulated drowning -  would amount to war crimes and are prohibited.<br>- The bill does not include a provision the president wanted interpreting U.S. obligations under the Geneva Conventions, which set international standards on prisoner treatment. Bush wanted a provision that said an existing 2005 ban on \"cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment\" was enough to satisfy the treaty's obligations. Republican senators said this would look like the United States was redefining the Geneva Conventions standards, which are much broader.<br>- The president could \"interpret the meaning and application\" of Geneva Convention standards applied to less severe interrogation procedures. Such a provision is intended to allow him to authorize methods that might otherwise be seen as illegal by international courts.";

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