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The Guantanamo military commissions were established by President George W. Bush through a military order on November 13, 2001, to try certain non-citizen terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison.^[1]

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Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri

Abd al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Abdu al-Nashiri (عبد الرحيمحسين محمد عبده النشري; born January 5, 1965) is a Saudi Arabian citizen alleged to be the mastermind of the bombing of USS ''Cole'' and other maritime attacks.

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Abdulhadi al-Iraqi

Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi al-Tamir (Arabic: نشوان عبدالرزاق عبدالباقي التامر; born 1961), better known as Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi is an Iraqi member of Al-Qaeda who is now in United States custody at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

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Administrative Review Board

The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the detainees held by the United States in Camp Delta at the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Guantanamo military commission and Administrative Review Board are Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures.

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Ali al-Bahlul

Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul (born September 11, 1969) is a Yemeni citizen who has been held as an enemy combatant since 2002 in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

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Ammar al-Baluchi

Ammar al-Baluchi or Amar al-Balochi (عمار البلوشي; born Ali Abdul Aziz Ali on 29 August 1977) is a Pakistani citizen who has been in American custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since 2006.

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Attempted murder

Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.

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Boycott of Guantanamo Military Commissions

In 2006, after charges were laid against a number of detainees held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, a boycott against the judicial hearings was declared by Ali al-Bahlul. Guantanamo military commission and boycott of Guantanamo Military Commissions are Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures and Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Coercion

Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party.

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Combatant Status Review Tribunal

The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". Guantanamo military commission and combatant Status Review Tribunal are Counterterrorism in the United States, Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures and Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

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Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Cross-examination

In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness by one's opponent.

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Detainee Treatment Act

The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) is an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 30, 2005.

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Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.

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Evidence (law)

The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding.

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Ex parte Quirin

Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), was a case of the United States Supreme Court that during World War II upheld the jurisdiction of a United States military tribunal over the trial of eight German saboteurs, in the United States.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Geneva Conventions

language.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Government Accountability Office

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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Guantanamo Bay detention camp

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp,Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), also called GTMO (pronounced Gitmo /ˈɡɪtmoʊ/ ''GIT-moh'') on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Guantanamo military commission and Guantanamo Bay detention camp are Counterterrorism in the United States.

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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions ratified by the U.S. Guantanamo military commission and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld are Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures.

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Hearsay

Hearsay, in a legal forum, is an out-of-court statement which is being offered in court for the truth of what was asserted.

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Ibrahim al Qosi

Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi (إبراهيمأحمد محمود القوصي) (born July 1960) is a Sudanese militant and paymaster for al-Qaeda.

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In camera

In camera (Latin: "in a chamber").

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International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.

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International human rights law

International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels.

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Interrogation

Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful information, particularly information related to suspected crime.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Judiciary

The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Shaykh; also known by at least 50 pseudonyms; born 14 April 1965), often known by his initials KSM, is a Kuwaiti or Pakistani terrorist, mechanical engineer and the former Head of Propaganda for al-Qaeda. He is currently held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges.

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List of resignations from the Guantanamo military commission

This is a list of resignations from the Guantanamo military commission, including those of the prosecutors Stuart Couch, Morris "Moe" Davis, Fred Borch, Major Robert Preston, Captain John Carr, USAF Captain Carrie Wolf, and Darrel Vandeveld.

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Majid Khan (detainee)

Majid Shoukat Khan (Urdu: ماجد شوکت خان, born February 28, 1980) is a Pakistani who was the only known legal resident of the United States held in the Guantanamo Bay Detainment Camp.

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Military Commissions Act of 2006

The Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Guantanamo military commission and Military Commissions Act of 2006 are Counterterrorism in the United States.

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Military justice

Military justice (or military law) is the body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces.

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Military tribunals in the United States

Military tribunals in the United States are military courts designed to judicially try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. Guantanamo military commission and military tribunals in the United States are United States military courts.

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Mohamad Farik Amin

Mohammed Farik Bin Amin (born February 16, 1975), alias Zubair Zaid, is a Malaysian who is alleged to be a senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda.

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Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep

Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep (also referred to as Lillie; born December 26, 1976) is a Malaysian national alleged to be affiliated with Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda, currently in American DoD custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Mustafa al-Hawsawi

Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi (مصطفى احمد ادمهوساوي; born August 5, 1968) is a Saudi Arabian citizen.

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Omar Khadr

Omar Ahmed Said Khadr (عمر أحمد سعيد خضر; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who, at the age of 15, was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Christopher Speer and other charges.

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Presiding Officer (Guantanamo military commissions)

The United States of America has charged Guantanamo captives before "military commissions", each presided over by a presiding officer. Guantanamo military commission and presiding Officer (Guantanamo military commissions) are Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Ramzi bin al-Shibh

Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah bin al-Shibh (translit; born May 1, 1972), with supporting conspirators, Ramzi bin al-Shibh and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.

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Riduan Isamuddin

Riduan Isamuddin, also known by the nom de guerre Hambali (born April 4, 1964), is the former military leader of the Indonesian terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

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Right to counsel

In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, requires that the government appoint one or pay the defendant's legal expenses.

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Security clearance

A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information (state or organizational secrets) or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough background check.

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Self-incrimination

In criminal law, self-incrimination is the act of making a statement that exposes oneself to an accusation of criminal liability or prosecution.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Terrorism

Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.

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Torture

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment.

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Trier of fact

In law, a trier of fact or finder of fact is a person or group who determines disputed issues of fact in a legal proceeding (usually a trial) and how relevant they are to deciding its outcome.

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Uniform Code of Military Justice

The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is the foundation of the system of military justice of the armed forces of the United States.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

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United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. is the trial of five alleged al-Qaeda members for aiding the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Unlawful combatant

An unlawful combatant, illegal combatant or unprivileged combatant/belligerent is a person who directly engages in armed conflict in violation of the laws of war and therefore is claimed not to be protected by the Geneva Conventions. Guantanamo military commission and unlawful combatant are Counterterrorism in the United States.

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Walid bin Attash

Walid Muhammad Salih bin Mubarak bin Attash (وليد محمد صالح بن مبارك بن عتش; born 1978) is a Yemeni prisoner held at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges and is suspected of playing a key role in the early stages of the 9/11 attacks.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_military_commission

Also known as (Guantanamo Military Commissions), Bruce W. MacKenzie, Guantanamo Military Commissions, Office of Military Commission, Office of Military Commissions, Office of the Chief Defense Counsel, Office of Military Commission, Raymond Eugene Beal, Raymond Eugene Beal II.

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United States military courts

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