From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The War on Terror and the Rule of Law.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans count about most.

Before the midterm elections, President Bush will sign the Military Commissions Act,

setting new rules for treating suspected terrorists.

But conservative legal scholars are among those contending,

the new law will pave the way for a police state.

On to the point, habeas corpus was designed to prevent kings

from letting their enemies die in prison without trial.

Will the new law give the president that kind of power?

Will it allow torture under another name?

Or does it protect traditional safeguards while making America safer from a new kind of danger?

On reporter's notebook later on, Condoleezza Rice, George Tenet, and September 11th.

First, here's the news.

Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again,

Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. When George Bush signs the Military Commission's Act,

will the U.S. President have the privilege of kings? On To-the-Point, conservative scholars are among

those saying the new law will violate the Constitution and overturn legal principles that date to the Middle Ages.

We'll hear both sides.

On reporter's notebook, did the Bush administration ignore warnings before September 11th?

We'll hear the latest on the blame game between the CIA and the White House.

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