NYTimes >Administration Officials Split Over Stalled Military Tribunals

WASHINGTON - When hundreds of prisoners arrived at the American naval base in Guant�namo Bay, Cuba, in early 2002, the Bush administration laid out a straightforward plan: once the men were interrogated, the worst of the lot would be prosecuted before special military tribunals devised to bring terrorists to justice quickly.

A year later, with no trials yet in sight, some officials at the highest levels of the Bush administration began privately venting their frustration about both the slow pace of the Pentagon's new courts and the soundness of their rules. Attorney General John Ashcroft was especially vocal.

'Timothy McVeigh was one of the worst killers in U.S. history,' Mr. Ashcroft said at one meeting of senior officials, according to two of those present. 'But at least we had fair procedures for him.'

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posted by Dan Flies @ 10/25/2004 08:30:00 AM