WA POST - Mukasey: Detainee ruling won't stop terror trials

[L. Coyote]

Mukasey: Detainee ruling won't stop terror trials
By MARK SHERMAN AP - June 13, 2008 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061300311.html

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay will unleash a torrent of court filings from detainees seeking their freedom but won't affect the military trials planned for some terrorism suspects, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday.

The Bush administration disagrees strongly with the high court's decision that the foreigners held under indefinite detention at the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba have the right to seek release in civilian court. President Bush said Thursday he would abide by the decision, but also said his administration was evaluating whether to respond to the court's ruling with new legislation.

In Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would reserve judgment on "what we ought to do next" ....

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Mukasey said, "I'm disappointed with the decision .... I think it bears emphasis that the court's decision does not concern military commission trials, which will continue to proceed. Instead it addresses the procedures that the Congress and the president put in place to permit enemy combatants to challenge their detention."

He said the Justice Department would comply with the ruling while studying the decision ....

[ladjf]

1. The Country is "disappointed" with you Mr. Mukassey. A majority

of Americans will be pleased when you are removed as A.G. You have been no more the Bush's servant during your tenure of office.