The White House on Monday insisted that the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings would not be treated as an “enemy combatant” but would be tried through the US civilian justice system.
“He will not be treated as an enemy combatant,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney, following calls from some Republicans for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be granted the same status as “War on Terror” detainees.
Boston suspect not 'enemy combatant': White House
