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Obama Sides With Bush: No Rights for Bagram Prisoners

A US soldier belonging to NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrols a village near Bagram air base, some 50 kms north of Kabul. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with predecessor George W. Bush on the rights of detainees at Bagram air base, saying they cannot challenge their detention in US courts. (AFP/Shah Marai)

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights

In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department said it agreed that detainees at Bagram Airfield cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their detention. The filing shocked human rights attorneys.