Guardian : Gitmo Tribunals May Resume in Early '07

Gitmo Tribunals May Resume in Early '07

September 6, 2006

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Military tribunals could resume at Guantanamo Bay as soon as early 2007 if Congress approves new legislation to try the detainees, the military's chief prosecutor for detainees at the base said Wednesday.

The Department of Defense would have three months after the passage of the legislation to come up with new rules for the tribunals, which were struck down by the Supreme Court in June, Air Force Col. Morris Davis, told The Associated Press.

``I'm expecting we will be back in court around the first of the year,'' the chief prosecutor said in an interview from his office in Arlington, Va.