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Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] to captives.  This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct [[competent tribunal]]s to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of [[prisoner of war]] status.
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Subsequently the [[Department of Defense]] instituted the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s.  The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were ''lawful combatants'' -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an [[enemy combatant]].
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The released prisoners are called "[[No longer enemy combatants]]" [[Wikipedia:No longer enemy combatants|(WP)]]; the Tribunals are thus attempting to make the issues of illegal arrest and holding without trial disappear in plain sight.

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Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in small trailer, the same width, but shorter, than a mobile home. The Tribunal's President sat in the big chair. The detainee sat with their hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor in the white, plastic garden chair.[1][2] A one way mirror behind the Tribunal President allowed observers to observe clandestinely. In theory the open sessions of the Tribunals were open to the press; three chairs were reserved for members of the press.[3] In practice, most Tribunals went unobserved; the Tribunal only intermittently told the press that Tribunals were being held, and when they did they kept the detainee's identities secret. Only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed[3][1][2][3] Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Mobley
Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

The released prisoners are called "No longer enemy combatants" (WP); the Tribunals are thus attempting to make the issues of illegal arrest and holding without trial disappear in plain sight.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guantánamo Prisoners Getting Their Day, but Hardly in Court, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:New York Times, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:November 11 Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2004 - mirror
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inside the Guantánamo Bay hearings: Barbarian "Justice" dispensed by KGB-style "military tribunals", Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Financial Times, Wikipedia:Wikipedia:December 11 Wikipedia:Wikipedia:2004
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials. Wikipedia:Wikipedia:United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2007-09-22.
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