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United States Abandons Detention Based on Designation as Enemy Combatant but Maintains Right to Detain Persons Giving Substantial Support to Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2009

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References

1 Pub. L. 107–40, 115 Stat. 224 (2001).

2 William, Glaberson, U.S. Won’t Label Terror Suspects as ‘Combatants, N.Y. Times, Mar. 14, 2009, at A1 Google Scholar; Del Quentin, Wilbur & Peter, Finn, U.S. Retires ‘Enemy Combatant,’ Keeps Broad Right to Detain, Wash. Post, Mar. 14, 2009, at A6 Google Scholar.

3 U.S. Dep’t of Justice News Release No. 09–232, Department of Justice Withdraws “Enemy Combatant” Definition for Guantanamo Detainees (Mar. 13, 2009), at <http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/March/09-ag-232.html>.

4 Respondents’ Memorandum Regarding the Government’s Detention Authority Relative to Detainees Held at Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation, Misc. No. 08–442 (TFH) (D.C. Cir. Mar. 13, 2009), at <http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/documents/memo-re-det-auth.pdf>.