Secret hearings for two suspected masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and a third terrorism suspect were held over the weekend at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the military launched proceedings to determine whether 14 high-profile detainees should be prosecuted. According to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, hearings for Abu Faraj al-Libi and Ramzi Binalshibh took place Friday, and a hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was held Saturday. He said another hearing was scheduled for yesterday. The hearings are to determine whether the detainees should be declared "enemy combatants" who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted in a military tribunal. Mohammed is believed to have been the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks with the alleged help of Binalshibh. (AP)
Top general against gays in military
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay soldiers to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported. Marine General Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, the newspaper reported on its website. He said he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell policy" in which gay men and women are allowed in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private. Representative Martin Meehan, a Lowell Democrat, has introduced legislation to reverse the military's ban on openly serving homosexuals. (AP)
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Bush's father faints while playing golf
HOUSTON -- President George H. W. Bush, 82, was treated at a California hospital for dehydration and released yesterday morning after collapsing during a golf game Sunday in Palm Springs. Jean Becker, the former president's chief of staff, said he fainted while playing golf with friends in 94-degree heat. "He's fine," Becker said. "He really is fine. He became dehydrated, and he had a fainting spell. He came to right away, but as a precaution, they took him to the hospital." (AP)
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