Two alleged Taliban cases go before panel
A U.S. military review panel heard the cases Wednesday of a prisoner accused of spying on villagers for the Taliban and a young man who allegedly traveled to Afghanistan to fight against U.S. forces, an official said. No reporters attended the hearings, and there were no details on the men's testimony. The so-called Combatant Status Review Tribunals are intended to determine whether the 585 prisoners at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be freed or held as enemy combatants, a classification that has fewer legal protections than a prisoner of war. [
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