On Capitol Hill, Senator Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on the White House to work with the Democratic-controlled Congress in order to craft a new legal framework for the military tribunals at Guantanamo. Leahy’s call came one day after military judges dismissed war crimes charges against two prisoners. Leahy said: “The place to start is by restoring the hallmark of justice known as the great writ of habeas corpus.”