The White House objected to the provision last fall, arguing in an Oct. 18 letter to Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, that the measure "provides legal protections to foreign prisoners to which they are not now entitled under applicable law and policy."
McClellan said the sudden emergence of the three-month-old issue was a case of "someone trying to create a story where there is not one." He added, "This is Hill politics and posturing."
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