Pentagon Lawyers Stand Against Tribunal Plan
The Pentagon's top uniformed lawyers are challenging key parts of a bill drafted by the Bush administration to create military tribunals for trying terror suspects. In a hearing before a House committee, the attorneys said that limiting suspects' access to the evidence against them could violate international law.
Renee Montagne talks to Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University.
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