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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba / Detention Facility / Harrier Crash #793207

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Jun 15, 2005
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The Congressional hearing on the legal issues surrounding the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reviewed. [Senators Patrick LEAHY†, Joseph BIDEN†, Arlen SPECTER†- criticize the practices at the camp.] [Assistant US Attorney General Michael WIGGINS†- says prisoners could be held in perpetuity.] [Military lawyer Charles SWIFT††- says the only way he could see his client, Salim Hamdan††, was if he pled guilty.] [Former Attorney General William BARR†- says there is no need to bring charges.] The crash of a Marine Harrier jet in a residential neighborhood in Yuma, Arizona, reported.

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Miklaszewski, Jim
Duration:
00:02:30

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