![]() ![]() Fifteen of the detainees were designated as subject to the President’s Military Order of November 13, 2001, making them eligible for trial by military commission. The Bush Administration earlier deemed all of the detainees to be “unlawful combatants,” who may, according to Administration officials, be held indefinitely without trial or even if they are acquitted by a military tribunal. 109-366, to authorize military commissions for the prosecution of detainees for war crimes. Congress approved the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), P.L. 109-148, to establish standards for interrogation and to deny detainees access to federal courts to file habeas petitions but allow limited appeals of status determinations and final decisions of military commissions. Congress enacted the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA), P.L. The 9/11 Commission recommended a common coalition approach to such detention. court has jurisdiction to hear petitions for habeas corpus on behalf of the detainees because they are aliens detained abroad, but left questions involving prisoners’ rights and status unanswered. The Court overturned a ruling that no U.S. ![]() Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in connection with the war against terrorism. courts have jurisdiction to hear challenges on behalf of persons detained at the U.S. ![]()
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