Rumsfeld Rejects Outside Panel on Gitmo

The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Sunday, June 26, 2005; 9:38 PM

WASHINGTON -- A new independent investigation of abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "doesn't make sense," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.
Some Democratic lawmakers are pushing for an independent commission to look into conditions at the detention center at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba.
An estimated 540 detainees _ most of them captured during battles in Afghanistan _ are being held at the base.