PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE U.S.-RUN PRISON AT GUANTANAMO BAY -- A STEP URGED BY SEVERAL U.S. ALLIES -- BUT WAS AWAITING A SUPREME COURT RULING ON HOW SUSPECTS HELD THERE MIGHT BE TRIED, REUTERS REPORTED. "OF COURSE GUANTANAMO IS A DELICATE ISSUE FOR PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE CAMP AND PUT THE PRISONERS ON TRIAL," BUSH SAID IN COMMENTS TO GERMAN TELEVISION TO BE BROADCAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED LAST WEEK. BUSH WAS ASKED BY THE GERMAN PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION ARD HOW THE UNITED STATES COULD RESTORE ITS HUMAN-RIGHTS IMAGE FOLLOWING REPORTS OF PRISONER ABUSE. "OUR TOP COURT MUST STILL RULE ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD GO BEFORE A CIVIL OR MILITARY COURT," HE SAID.
