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By Anne Plummer Flaherty
The Associated Press
Friday 28 July 2006
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Washington -U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian
courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
A 32-page draft measure is intended to authorize the Pentagon's tribunal system, established shortly after the 2001
terrorist attacks to detain and prosecute detainees captured in the war on terror. The tribunal system was thrown out
last month by the Supreme Court.
Administration officials, who declined to comment on the draft, said the proposal was still under discussion and no
final decisions had been made.
Senior officials are expected to discuss a final proposal before the Senate Armed Services Committee next Wednesday.
According to the draft, the military would be allowed to detain all "enemy combatants" until hostilities cease. The
bill defines enemy combatants as anyone "engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners who
has committed an act that violates the law of war and this statute."
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