supreme court to hear military tribunals case

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it would hear challenge to Bush administration's plan to try terrorism suspects in special military courts, setting the stage for ruling on whether Geneva Conventions trump the president's go-it-alone in the war on terrorism.. ... They..

president backs off detainee treatment

The breakthrough came inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees for Geneva Convention against prisoner mistreatment.. ... He said that to preserve CIA program, the president's order would have to be public and explicit about how he was interpreting Geneva Conventions.. ..

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