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Guantanamo Detainees Seek to Attend Hearing: Lyle Denniston reports at SCOTUSblog that lawyers for the Uighurs - the Chinese Muslims being held at Guantanamo - have filed a motion requesting that four of the 17 detainees be flown to Washington, D.C. for the hearing on their plea. The motion also requests that the remaining 13 be allowed to listen live from Guantanamo via telephone. Denniston reports the Justice Department is likely to oppose the plea even though the Pentagon has indicated that five of the Uighurs will no longer be treated as ?enemy combatants.? The opposition is consistent with Justice Department's policy of opposing any detainee being brought to the U.S. mainland for any purpose. U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, who is scheduled to hold the hearing on October 7th, has not indicated whether he would allow a detainee to brought into his court...continue to full post

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