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Article: White House Gains Concessions in Senate Measure on Tribunals
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- The Washington Post
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- September 12, 2006
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The Bush administration has won concessions from key Senate
Republicans in proposed legislation on standards for detainee
treatment and the rules for military trials of terrorism suspects,
although some disagreements persist between the lawmakers and the
White House, Senate sources said yesterday.
The disagreements that remain involve whether suspects can be
convicted with evidence they are never allowed to see, an approach
favored by the administration but opposed by the Republican
senators. The two sides also still differ over the terms of a
related amendment to the U.S. War Crimes Act that would limit the
exposure of CIA officials and other civilian personnel to
prosecution for abusive ...