News Video
Find, view and share videos about news and entertainment from around the Web.
See Videos »

Obama Revives Military Tribunals

By LARA JAKES
,
AP
posted: 270 DAYS AGO
comments: 0
Text SizeAAA
WASHINGTON (May 15) — In an apparent reversal, President Barack Obama is reviving the much-criticized military tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees and promising to make changes to the system that could jeopardize his timetable for closing the prison by January.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
2009-05-15 06:43:33

Related Articles

  1. See More Related Articles and Blog Posts
Coming Soon:
New Commenting Experience

Valued AOL News readers, we have heard your feedback and are temporarily shutting off our commenting system as we work to improve the experience for you.

President Barack Obama will restart military tribunals for a small number of Guantanamo detainees, reviving a Bush-era trial system he once assailed as flawed but with new legal protections for terror suspects, U.S. officials said.