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Bush administration considering release of some Guantanamo detainees.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004

By E.A. Torriero, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 1--Under pressure from the Supreme Court and foreign allies, the Bush administration is considering a plan to release as many as 200 terrorism prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that the U.S. deems may no longer be a major threat.

The Pentagon is also pushing for a military judicial body--separate from a just announced military tribunal--to be formed at Guantanamo that would give prisoners a chance to challenge their detention, according to attorneys for some of them.

Those are among several options being deliberated in Pentagon circles following a Supreme Court ruling this week that has left the administration scrambling to give Guantanamo detainees...

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