Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (continued): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1159 pages |
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... combatants or material witnesses indefinitely ? Ms. RUANO . Well , what I would like to address , from individuals ... combatant ? The gentleman from California Mr. Lungren . Mr. LUNGREN . Chairman SENSENBRENNER . The gentleman's time ...
... combatants or material witnesses indefinitely ? Ms. RUANO . Well , what I would like to address , from individuals ... combatant ? The gentleman from California Mr. Lungren . Mr. LUNGREN . Chairman SENSENBRENNER . The gentleman's time ...
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... . Well , it is happening right now . The Supreme Court of the United States decided in the Rasul case a year ago , the tled to a lawyer and to Federal court review , enemy combatant case , that detainees in Guantanamo were enti- 50.
... . Well , it is happening right now . The Supreme Court of the United States decided in the Rasul case a year ago , the tled to a lawyer and to Federal court review , enemy combatant case , that detainees in Guantanamo were enti- 50.
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... combatants . " " enemy combatants , " or " unprivileged belliger- ents . " According to the Army Inspector General , most detainees in Afghanistan are classified as civilian internees ... Combatant . " The Army A Human Rights First Report 80.
... combatants . " " enemy combatants , " or " unprivileged belliger- ents . " According to the Army Inspector General , most detainees in Afghanistan are classified as civilian internees ... Combatant . " The Army A Human Rights First Report 80.
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... Combatant . " The Army Inspector General noted that , " due to the suspension of the Ge- neva Conventions , soldiers were no longer able to keep up with legal status determinations for " a large number of detainees in a short pe- riod ...
... Combatant . " The Army Inspector General noted that , " due to the suspension of the Ge- neva Conventions , soldiers were no longer able to keep up with legal status determinations for " a large number of detainees in a short pe- riod ...
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... combatants " - a term that had been used at times to describe suspected Al Qaeda and Tali- ban fighters in Afghanistan . " But the " unlawful combatant " designation was soon dropped , and on September 16 , 2003 , Brig . Gen. Janis Kar ...
... combatants " - a term that had been used at times to describe suspected Al Qaeda and Tali- ban fighters in Afghanistan . " But the " unlawful combatant " designation was soon dropped , and on September 16 , 2003 , Brig . Gen. Janis Kar ...
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Page 581 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession...
Page 64 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act) was enacted on October 26, 2001.
Page 229 - To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...
Page 214 - MILITARY ORDER OF NOVEMBER 13, 2001 Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 583 - The benefit of the present provision may not, however, be claimed by a refugee whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the country in which he is, or who, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that country.
Page 224 - ... the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
Page 455 - A popular Government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Page 40 - Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Page 702 - No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind.
Page 186 - The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.