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Combatants or Criminals? How Washington Should Handle Terrorists Added: 27-Apr-2005 | Hits: 1591 Rating: 8.15 Votes: 13 (Popular)
Domestic criminal law must be applied cautiously. Such reticence is proper for civil government in peacetime, but it is not always appropriate in war. Different priorities come to the fore when an international foe embarks on a campaign to kill or wound thousands of people. The law of armed conflict thus allows measures, such as the preventive internment of enemy combatants during the conflict, that do not require the full-dress procedure of criminal trials. Rate It!
Court Urged to Uphold Detention of Taliban Fighters at Guantanamo Bay Added: 27-Apr-2005 | Hits: 795 Rating: 6.50 Votes: 4
The Washington Legal Foundation urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the U.S. military's decision to detain captured Taliban fighters at the Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (pdf) Rate It!
Detention of Iraqi Employees Angers Western News Media (News Article) Added: 15-Sep-2005 | Hits: 390 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1
[NY Times] dozens of Iraqis who carry out assignments for the news organizations have been detained while on the job, and sometimes released weeks or months later with no explanation. Rate It!
Gitmo by Any Other Name . . . (Column) Added: 27-Jul-2005 | Hits: 602 Rating: 3.33 Votes: 3
[National Review] We could close Guantanamo, but if you actually support the war on terror you must recognize that we would still need someplace like it. Rate It!
Mixed Rulings on Terror Detention Policies Added: 27-Apr-2005 | Hits: 655 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1
The Supreme Court has delivered a mixed verdict on the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies, ruling that the U.S. government has the power to hold American citizens and foreign nationals without charges or trial, but that detainees can challenge their treatment in U.S. courts. Rate It!
Preventive Detention and Actionable Intelligence Added: 25-Apr-2005 | Hits: 688 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2
Law enforcement often has solid, actionable intelligence about a terrorist threat, but the information is insufficient to secure a conviction under existing criminal laws. In those circumstances, what should be our response? Right now, America has no coherent legal system in place to answer that question. Rate It!

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