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"Reuters" --

01/03/05: THE Bush Administration is planning for possible lifetime detention of suspected terrorists, including hundreds whom the government does not have enough evidence to charge in courts.

Citing intelligence, defence and diplomatic officials, the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon and the CIA had asked the White House to decide on a more permanent approach for those it would not set free or turn over to courts at home or abroad.
The Defence Department, which holds 500 prisoners at its base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, plans to ask the US Congress for $32.1 million to build a 200-bed jail to hold detainees who are unlikely to go through a military tribunal for lack of evidence, defence officials told the newspaper.