9th Circuit: Terror Suspects Deserve U.S. Courts and Lawyers NewsMax.com Wires Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday for the first time that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba should have access to lawyers and the American court system. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision was a rebuke to the Bush administration. The administration maintains that because the 660 men held there were picked up overseas on suspicion of terrorism and are being held on foreign land, they may be detained indefinitely without charges or trial. The Supreme...