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Parent topics
- Extrajudicial detention [r]: The policy and practice of holding prisoners captive without judicial authority to do so, or without a recognized authority under international law, such capture of prisoners of war [e]
- Supreme Court of the United States of America [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lawful combatant [r]: A person who meets the qualifications of the Geneva Conventions to be entitled to prisoner of war status [e]
Subtopics
- Jose Padilla [r]: An American citizen, convicted in 2007 of conspiring to assist in terrorism in foreign countries, who was originally arrested in 2002 by U.S. law enforcement, transferred by Presidential order to military custody and interrogation, and, as a result of Padilla v. Rumsfeld, sent back to civilian jurisdiction [e]
- George W. Bush [r]: (1946–) 43rd U.S. President (Republican), elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. [e]
- Donald Rumsfeld [r]: U.S. Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush Administration (2001-2008); was the oldest secretary and earlier the youngest secretary in the Administration (1975-1977); major policymaker after the 9/11 attack; advisor, Project for the New American Century [e]
- 9-11 Attack [r]: A massive terrorist attack on the United States, occurring on September 11, 2001. [e]