61. Under the system, charges would be specified upon arrest and the time detainees could be held without bail would be limited. 62. Human rights groups have also complained about the PA practice of holding detainees for months without any charges and of refusing some prisoners access to lawyers. 63. A single detainee is being held aboard the USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea, Clarke said. 64. But Rumsfeld acknowledged intelligence gathering has been given precedence over the swift administration of justice and he gave no indication how long the detainees would be held without charges. 65. The prison holds common-law detainees. 66. Under the decree, a detainee can be held for an initial renewable period of three months without trial. 67. Many detainees are held without charge for periods far exceeding either the present or proposed new limit. 68. Pentagon lawyers said that as enemy combatants, detainees can be held without charges for the duration of the war on terrorism. 69. Rumsfeld also acknowledged intelligence gathering had been given precedence over the swift administration of justice and he gave no indication how long the detainees would be held without charges. 70. The camp is expected to hold the detainees in which the United States has the greatest interest, according to the NBC News report. |