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quesarahDec. 3, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans are preparing to bring out the heavy weapons against the filibuster, a Senate tradition that has its linguistic origins in the pirates who once captured ships and held their crews for ransom.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., says "tyranny by the minority'' must end and he will do whatever it takes. That includes what some call the ``nuclear option'' to stop Democrats from using the filibuster to block President Bush's judicial nominees.
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Dec. 3, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Evidence gained by torture can be used by the U.S. military in deciding whether to imprison a foreigner indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an enemy combatant, the government concedes.
Statements produced under torture have been inadmissible in U.S. courts for about 70 years. But the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use such evidence, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle acknowledged at a U.S. District Court hearing Thursday.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., says "tyranny by the minority'' must end and he will do whatever it takes. That includes what some call the ``nuclear option'' to stop Democrats from using the filibuster to block President Bush's judicial nominees.
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Dec. 3, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- Evidence gained by torture can be used by the U.S. military in deciding whether to imprison a foreigner indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an enemy combatant, the government concedes.
Statements produced under torture have been inadmissible in U.S. courts for about 70 years. But the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use such evidence, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle acknowledged at a U.S. District Court hearing Thursday.
