New Rights

(Fox News) - Senate Democrats are backing a bill that would grant new rights to terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay.

The proposal approved last week by the Armed Services Committee would give detainees access to counsel even if they are not put on trial. It would also further restrict the use of coerced testimony and hearsay evidence — and tighten the definition of who qualifies as an enemy combatant.

The measure was tucked into the defense budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year.