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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined another appeal from a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who argues that federal appellate judges in Washington are ignoring the high court's command that the detainees be given a meaningful opportunity to challenge their confinement.
Many foreign terror suspects have been held without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba for 12 years.
The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from Abdul al Qader Hussain of Yemen, who was captured in Pakistan and denies that he ever was affiliated with al-Qaida or the Taliban.
The question is the level of proof the government must show to justify the detention. Hussain and others have argued that the judges are applying a lower standard than they should.
Their argument was given credence by an appellate judge last year.
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