I. INTRODUCTION The assignment of unlawful enemy combatant status plunges an individual into a legal limbo relieved by few rights. Although the exact range of rights under U.S. law likely depends on citizenship and place of detention,1 the Supreme Court has stated that...

Byline: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES To date, manifold criticism of the war on terror has largely focused on the Bush administration's legal policies, and particularly its decision to treat captured al Qaeda and...

Legal experts criticized the Bush administration Wednesday for barring the news media from military hearings that begin this week for 14 terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay.The detainees include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks."It's a mistake to close the entirety...

While the White House weighed closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, Congress pushed ahead Tuesday with a heated debate over whether detained terror suspects were entitled to petition U.S. courts to challenge their confinement.A House Judiciary subcommittee called in five witnesses for conflicting advice and itself...

The article is about how the US Congress should establish clear standards and procedures for the designation of enemy combatants and their treatment for US citizens.