ABA Calls for Legal Rights for U.S. Enemy Combatants

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Published February 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The American Bar Association passes a resolution urging the Bush administration to allow counsel and other legal protections for U.S. citizens jailed as enemy combatants. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.

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