Now That You Could be Labeled an Enemy Combatant

[AzCivic]

All that to say: you have no proof whatsoever that US citizens are subject to the military commisions act and that well you really don't mind torture.

YOU WIN!!

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Originally Posted by AzCivic

All that to say: you have no proof whatsoever that US citizens are subject to the military commisions act and that well you really don't mind torture.

YOU WIN!!

Rob...you may be the dumbest smart person I've ever encountered. Nowhere above did I state or even imply either either of your assertions. I got so sick of this that I actually looked up the Military Commissions Act and it states:

Section 948a(1) defines an unlawful enemy combatant as


"(i) a person who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its co-belligerents who is not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who is part of the Taliban, al Qaeda, or associated forces; or


(ii) a person who, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, has been determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal established under the authority of the President or the Secretary of Defense."


Section 948b states that "[t]his chapter establishes procedures governing the use of military commissions to try alien unlawful enemy combatants." So the MCA's procedures apply only to aliens; not to citizens. Nevertheless, Congress has declared that persons falling into the definition in 948a are unlawful enemy combatants whether they are aliens or citizens.

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