Church Group Questions Terror Probe Detentions
The National Council of Churches criticized the Bush administration’s prolonged detention of hundreds of mostly Middle Eastern men as part of the terrorism investigation.
The council, which represents 36 Protestant and Orthodox denominations, said in a statement that it supports a civil rights suit demanding that the federal government release names of those arrested and the charges they face.
It also condemned the use of military tribunals, saying they “have the potential to undermine legal rights under our Constitution.”
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