Rules sought for detainee hearings

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey will ask Congress to define the rules governing civilian court hearings for about 200 detainees being held in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to excerpts of a speech obtained by CNN.

Mukasey is to deliver the speech Monday morning.

The speech comes the same day the first military commission trial began at Guantanamo. Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, is facing charges of material support for terrorism and conspiracy.

The hearings in U.S. courts became necessary after the Supreme Court last month ruled the detainees at Guantanamo had a constitutional right to contest their detention.

–From CNN Senior Producers Kevin Bohn and Carol Cratty