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[AZ Sen] McCain Still Concerned About Guantanamo
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 29, 2006 10:06am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, January 27, 2006 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By PAISLEY DODDS
The Associated Press
Friday, January 27, 2006; 7:50 PM
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Interrogation methods at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are still a concern, Sen. John McCain said Friday, calling on authorities to process the cases of prisoners held for as long as four years without charge.
Some 500 men accused of links to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime or the al-Qaida terror network continue to be held at the prison camp. Only a handful of the prisoners have been charged.
"What I was concerned about and continue to be concerned about is interrogation methods," McCain told The Associated Press on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
"Now, if they want to keep them in Guantanamo or Des Moines, Iowa, that's not a critical issue to me," the Arizona Republican and former Vietnam POW said. "What is critical, is that we adhere to treaties that we are signatories to and observe basic human rights and obey the law that we just passed concerning cruel and inhumane and degrading treatment."
Calling for more congressional involvement over Guantanamo, McCain also called for the prisoners' cases to be processed and heard. |
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