The US Defense Department on Wednesday denied accusations from rights activists it was undermining President Barack Obama's order to halt trials against detainees held in Guantanamo.
"I think there is no attempt by this department or anybody who works for us to, in any way, circumvent the president's executive order," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters.
The comments came a day after a military judge presiding over the case of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks released a document in which the detainees expressed pride in killing Americans.
Lawyers for two of the detainees had sought to delay the release of the document and the American Civil Liberties Union accused the judge, Stephen Hadley, of flouting the president's order to halt proceedings at the special military commissions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Is the Pentagon undermining Obama on Guantanamo?
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