A federal judge has agreed to consider a petition backed by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and other civil rights advocates that challenges the detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. U.S. District Court Judge A. Howard Matz scheduled a Tuesday morning hearing on the matter. The petition, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, is the first court challenge of the detention of al-Qaida suspects. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus demands that the U.S. government bring the suspects before a court and define the charges against them.
Ramsey's never met an anti-American he didn't like. |