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gitmorulingreax062906.sPubDate = "6/30/2006 12:36:51 AM GMT";
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gitmorulingreax062906.appHeader = "Fact file | Reactions to the Guantanamo Bay ruling";
gitmorulingreax062906.appDeck = "There have been mixed reactions to the Supreme Court decision that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Here is what politicians and others have said:";
gitmorulingreax062906.appFooter = "Source: The Associated Press, NBC News";
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gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“I know what motivates the president. And that is to protect the American people from attacks here at home and abroad.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“We can’t allow terrorists to simply return home and restart their war plans. Guantanamo will remain open so long as it is in the national security interests of the United States.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Jose Diaz, spokesman for the U.N. high commissioner for human rights","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“... it would seem to be a vindication of the need for vigilance in the protection of all human rights, including those of persons suspected of terrorism.” ";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“The Supreme Court’s decision concerning military commissions at Guantanamo Bay is a major rebuke to an administration that has too often disregarded the rule of law.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Army Maj. Tom Fleener, who represents Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al-Bahlul, one of 10 detainees who had been facing military tribunals","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“It’s going to change everything from how people are held to interrogation techniques that are used to the types of information they can have or can’t have.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“To keep America safe in the war on terror, I believe we should try terrorists only before military commissions, not in our civilian courts.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“We believe the problems cited by the court can and should be fixed. ... Working together, Congress and the administration can draft a fair, suitable, and constitutionally permissible tribunal statute.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“It’s now time for the Bush administration to close the Guantanamo prison, and either return the prisoners to their home countries or bring them to justice in the United States.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Zachary Katznelson, senior counsel for Reprieve, which provides free legal representation to 36 Guantanamo Bay detainees","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“It sends a message loud and clear that what President Bush has been doing in the war on terror is illegal. If we are going to win this fight, it is important that we fight it with the rule of law and by the ideals on which the U.S. stands.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“As we approach the Fourth of July, it is entirely appropriate that the Supreme Court has reminded the president and Secretary Rumsfeld that there is no excuse for ignoring the rule of law, even when our country is at war.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“The justices have given our system a constitutional tonic that is sorely needed if we are to counter terrorism effectively, efficiently and with American values.\"";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Minority Leader","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "\"Today's decision is a rebuke of the Bush administration's detainee policies and a reminder of our responsibility to protect both the American people and our Constitutional rights. We cannot allow the values on which our country was founded to become a casualty in the war on terrorism.\"";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“What this says to the administration is that you can no longer simply decide arbitrarily what you want to do with people, you have to obey the dictates of the Geneva Convention, common article 3, which means you have to treat people humanely according to the convention.";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“The Supreme Court has made clear that the executive branch does not have a blank check in the war on terror and may not run roughshod over the nation’s legal system.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“We should ensure that those individuals who harbor intelligence that may threaten the United States and those that have wantonly killed Americans and others are not released.”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Sen. John Warner, R-Va.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“I’m sure we will look at the means to provide them justice under our law,”";

gitmorulingreax062906[i++] = new Array("","Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
gitmorulingreax062906[i-1].body = "“Guantanamo serves as an important detention and intelligence facility. ... It enables us to thwart future attacks. It serves as an important detention center but also an intelligence gathering facility.” ";

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