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UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Det

entio

n O

pera

tions

Pol

icy

&th

e G

loba

l War

on

Terr

oris

m

Offi

ce o

f Det

aine

e A

ffairs

Pres

enta

tion

for t

he U

nive

rsity

of C

alifo

rnia

-B

erke

ley

Nov

embe

r 30,

200

5

Bry

an C

. Del

Mon

teD

eput

y D

irect

or fo

r Pol

icy

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elop

men

t &In

tern

atio

nal I

ssue

sO

ffice

of t

he U

nder

Sec

reta

ry o

f Def

ense

for

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icy,

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ce o

f Det

aine

e Af

fairs

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yan.

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CLA

SSIF

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UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Terr

oris

m, u

nfor

tuna

tely

, is

not n

ew�

!H

isto

ry o

f the

Thu

ggee

s &

Indi

a

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sing

�te

rror

��

!Th

ugge

e�s

in In

dia

last

ed 3

00 y

ears

!Va

rious

sou

rces

cre

dit t

hem

with

ki

lling

ove

r 2 m

illio

n pe

ople

in In

dia.

!Th

ugge

es a

re m

uch

mor

e ak

in to

a

psyc

hotic

gro

up o

f crim

inal

s th

an

wha

t we

know

as

�ter

roris

m�

toda

y.

!U

ltim

atel

y, th

e B

ritis

h de

cide

d �e

noug

h is

eno

ugh�

and

bro

ke th

e ba

cks

of th

e Th

ugge

es b

y ki

lling

ab

out 4

000+

of t

he m

embe

rs �

ofte

n pu

blic

ly.

Cul

t of K

ali d

epic

ted

in

Indi

ana

Jone

s an

d th

e Te

mpl

e of

Doo

m

2

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Wha

t cha

nged

on

Sept

embe

r the

11th

?

!O

n 9/

11, A

mer

ica.

.

�R

ealiz

ed th

at a

l Qea

da w

as m

ore

than

a c

rimin

al th

reat

and

en

terp

rise.

�Th

at U

BL,

the

netw

ork

of A

Q, a

nd

the

Talib

an p

osed

a d

ange

rous

th

reat

and

am

asse

d a

capa

bilit

y to

at

tack

the

USG

on

its o

wn

soil.

�Th

at c

ount

er-te

rror

ism

and

ant

i-te

rror

ism

effo

rts

requ

ired

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

use

of a

ll U

S re

sour

ces

�it

was

not

a la

w

enfo

rcem

ent p

robl

em a

lone

.

Pen

tago

n on

fire

and

par

tially

des

troye

dfo

llow

ing

the

cras

h of

Am

eric

an A

irlin

es F

light

77

3

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

The

Glo

bal w

ar o

n Te

rror

ism

is jo

ined

�

!A

l Qae

da h

ad d

ecla

red

war

on

the

US

long

bef

ore

9-11

.

!Tw

o �f

atw

as�

of a

l Qae

da

�A

ttack

our

Mili

tary

�A

ttack

our

citi

zens

�A

ttack

our

frie

nds

and

allie

s

!Th

is is

not

a rh

etor

ical

war

. Al Q

aeda

ha

s at

tack

ed o

ur m

ilita

ry, o

ur c

itize

ns,

citiz

ens

of o

ther

nat

ions

, our

frie

nds,

ou

r alli

es, a

nd o

ur in

tere

sts�

and

co

ntin

ues

to d

o so

.

!If

they

cou

ld s

trik

e ag

ain

they

will

�ha

ve n

o ill

usio

ns o

f res

trai

nt.

Pub

lic E

nem

y #1

�U

sam

a B

in L

aden

4

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

The

Glo

bal w

ar o

n Te

rror

ism

is jo

ined

�

!Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, its

alli

es, a

nd

the

wor

ld re

cogn

ized

that

the

thre

at p

osed

by

al Q

aeda

, the

act

s pe

rpet

rate

d ag

ains

t the

US,

wer

e ac

ts o

f war

�

�N

ATO

invo

ked

Art

icle

V o

f the

tr

eaty

; the

col

lect

ive

defe

nse

prov

isio

n.

�A

NZU

S co

llect

ive

defe

nse

prov

isio

ns in

voke

d.

�O

AS

offe

rs a

ssis

tanc

e..

�R

io T

reat

y

Inte

rnat

iona

l Res

pons

e to

9/1

1 A

ttack

s

5

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

The

Glo

bal w

ar o

n Te

rror

ism

is jo

ined

�

!O

n O

ctob

er 7

�th

e U

nite

d St

ates

us

es m

ilita

ry fo

rce

agai

nst t

hose

w

ho a

ttack

ed it

.

!A

coa

litio

n of

mor

e th

an 4

0 co

untr

ies

join

ed th

e U

S in

O

pera

tion

Endu

ring

Free

dom

(O

EF).

!O

EF re

mai

ns a

ctiv

e as

ele

men

ts

of th

e Ta

liban

and

al Q

aeda

ne

twor

k at

tem

pt to

des

troy

the

Kar

zai g

over

nmen

t and

atta

ck U

S fo

rces

in A

fgha

nist

an.

Ove

r 40

Cou

ntrie

s co

mpo

se th

e C

oalit

ion

Forc

esin

OEF

und

er G

en. A

baza

id�s

Com

man

d in

U

S C

ENTR

AL

CO

MM

AN

D o

r �C

ENTC

OM

�

6

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

In w

ar �

Com

bata

nts

are

Cap

ture

d.

!In

arm

ed c

onfli

cts,

som

e co

mba

tant

s su

rviv

e an

d co

ntin

ue

to fi

ght,

som

e ar

e ki

lled,

and

so

me

get c

aptu

red

by th

e en

emy.

!A

t Gua

ntan

amo

�or

�G

ITM

O�

(writ

ten

as G

TMO

) �al

Qae

da a

nd

Talib

an d

etai

nees

(and

su

ppor

ters

) are

det

aine

d ac

cord

ing

to th

e la

ws

of w

ar.

!Th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

eir d

eten

tion

pres

ents

uni

que

chal

leng

es fo

r in

tern

atio

nal p

oliti

cs.

CA

MP

DEL

TA �

MA

XIM

UM

SEC

UR

ITY

Gua

ntan

amo

Nav

al A

ir St

atio

n, C

uba

7

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

A b

rief f

oray

into

Pol

itica

l Sci

ence

and

The

ory

!So

vere

ignt

y, A

utho

rity

and

War

�Th

omps

on�s

wor

k ab

out M

erce

narie

s, P

irate

s, a

nd S

over

eign

s.

�Th

e hi

stor

y of

the

last

100

yea

rs o

r so

is o

ne o

f cen

tral

izin

g in

tern

atio

nal

war

mka

ing

auth

ority

.

�It

also

dev

elop

ed a

nor

mat

ive

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

crim

inal

act

ivity

as

�ins

ide�

the

boun

darie

s of

the

natio

n-st

ate,

and

war

-mak

ing

auth

ority

O

UTS

IDE

the

natio

n st

ate.

Thu

s ac

ts c

omm

itted

aga

inst

sta

tes

wer

e ge

nera

lly v

iew

ed in

term

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l con

flict

�no

t crim

e.

!Th

e af

fect

of t

his

proc

ess

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he la

w o

f war

is

prof

ound

�na

mel

y, w

ar is

nor

mat

ivel

y un

ders

tood

as

a vi

olen

t di

scou

rse

betw

een

prim

arily

nat

ion-

stat

e ac

tors

.

!H

owev

er, l

ike

sove

reig

nty

as a

con

cept

�th

ese

norm

ativ

e un

ders

tand

ings

are

not

sta

tic a

nd a

re s

hape

d an

d in

terp

rete

d in

la

rge

mea

sure

by

�pow

er p

oliti

cs�

8

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Pres

iden

tial A

ddre

ss to

the

Join

t Ses

sion

of C

ongr

ess

!Fr

eedo

m a

t War

with

Fea

r Spe

ech

�Thi

s w

ar w

ill n

ot b

e lik

e th

e w

ar a

gain

st Ir

aq a

dec

ade

ago,

with

a d

ecis

ive

liber

atio

n of

terr

itory

and

a s

wift

con

clus

ion.

It w

ill n

ot lo

ok li

ke th

e ai

r war

ab

ove

Kos

ovo

two

year

s ag

o, w

here

no

grou

nd tr

oops

wer

e us

ed a

ndno

t a

sing

le A

mer

ican

was

lost

in c

omba

t.

Our

resp

onse

invo

lves

far m

ore

than

inst

ant r

etal

iatio

n an

d is

olat

ed s

trik

es.

Am

eric

ans

shou

ld n

ot e

xpec

t one

bat

tle, b

ut a

leng

thy

cam

paig

n, u

nlik

e an

y ot

her w

e ha

ve e

ver s

een.

It m

ay in

clud

e dr

amat

ic s

trik

es, v

isib

le o

n TV

, and

co

vert

ope

ratio

ns, s

ecre

t eve

n in

suc

cess

. W

e w

ill s

tarv

e te

rror

ists

of

fund

ing,

turn

them

one

aga

inst

ano

ther

, driv

e th

em fr

om p

lace

topl

ace,

unt

il th

ere

is n

o re

fuge

or n

o re

st.

And

we

will

pur

sue

natio

ns th

at p

rovi

de a

id o

r sa

fe h

aven

to te

rror

ism

.Ev

ery

natio

n, in

eve

ry re

gion

, now

has

a d

ecis

ion

to

mak

e. E

ither

you

are

with

us,

or y

ou a

re w

ith th

e te

rror

ists

. Fr

om th

is d

ay

forw

ard,

any

nat

ion

that

con

tinue

s to

har

bor o

r sup

port

terr

oris

m w

ill b

e re

gard

ed b

y th

e U

nite

d St

ates

as

a ho

stile

regi

me.

�

9

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Terr

oris

m a

s W

ar a

nd A

pplic

atio

n of

LO

AC

!Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

adh

eres

to th

e ru

le o

f law

, inc

ludi

ng th

e la

ws

of

war

, and

has

cha

mpi

oned

the

rule

of l

aw.

!H

owev

er, t

he la

w o

f war

, as

one

will

reca

ll �

is a

STA

TE-C

ENTR

IC

syst

em o

f int

erna

tiona

l obl

igat

ions

=>

not i

ndiv

idua

listic

ally

or

ient

ed.

!Th

us, t

he c

halle

nges

face

d by

the

USG

wer

e��

Wha

t is

the

lega

l sta

tus

of d

etai

nees

in G

WO

T?

�G

iven

that

lega

l sta

tus

�w

hat p

rote

ctio

ns (e

ither

by

law

or p

olic

y) s

houl

d ap

ply

to th

ose

deta

inee

s?

!A

nsw

ers

to th

ese

two

ques

tions

are

foun

d in

the

Pres

iden

t�s

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uary

7, 2

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oran

dum

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ilabl

e at

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10

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

USG

Pol

icy�

Our

rece

nt e

xten

sive

dis

cuss

ions

rega

rdin

g th

e st

atus

of a

l-Qai

da

and

Talib

an d

etai

nees

con

firm

that

the

appl

icat

ion

of G

enev

a C

onve

ntio

n R

elat

ive

to th

e Tr

eatm

ent o

f Pris

oner

s of

War

of A

ugus

t 12

, 194

9, (G

enev

a) to

the

conf

lict w

ith a

l-Qai

da a

nd th

e Ta

liban

in

volv

es c

ompl

ex le

gal q

uest

ions

. By

its te

rms,

Gen

eva

appl

ies

to

conf

licts

invo

lvin

g "H

igh

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies,

" w

hich

can

onl

y be

st

ates

. Mor

eove

r, it

assu

mes

the

exis

tenc

e of

"re

gula

r" a

rmed

fo

rces

figh

ting

on b

ehal

f of s

tate

s. H

owev

er, t

he w

ar a

gain

st

terr

oris

m u

sher

s in

a n

ew p

arad

igm

, one

in w

hich

gro

ups

with

br

oad,

inte

rnat

iona

l rea

ch c

omm

it ho

rrifi

c ac

ts a

gain

st in

noce

ntci

vilia

ns, s

omet

imes

with

the

dire

ct s

uppo

rt o

f sta

tes.

Our

nat

ion

reco

gniz

es th

at th

is n

ew p

arad

igm

-us

here

d in

not

by

us, b

ut b

y te

rror

ists

-re

quire

s ne

w th

inki

ng in

the

law

of w

ar, b

ut th

inki

ng th

at

shou

ld n

ever

thel

ess

be c

onsi

sten

t with

the

prin

cipl

es o

f Gen

eva�

Pres

iden

tial M

emor

andu

m �

Febr

uary

7, 2

002

11

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

USG

Pol

icy�

�2.

Pur

suan

t to

my

auth

ority

as

com

man

der i

n ch

ief a

nd c

hief

exe

cutiv

e of

th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, and

rely

ing

on th

e op

inio

n of

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice

date

d Ja

nuar

y 22

, 200

2, a

nd o

n th

e le

gal o

pini

on re

nder

ed b

y th

eat

torn

ey

gene

ral i

n hi

s le

tter o

f Feb

ruar

y 1,

200

2, I

here

by d

eter

min

e as

follo

ws:

a. I

acce

pt th

e le

gal c

oncl

usio

n of

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice

and

dete

rmin

e th

at n

one

of th

e pr

ovis

ions

of G

enev

a ap

ply

to o

ur c

onfli

ct w

ithal

-Qai

da in

A

fgha

nist

an o

r els

ewhe

re th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld b

ecau

se, a

mon

g ot

her

reas

ons,

al-Q

aida

is n

ot a

Hig

h C

ontr

actin

g Pa

rty

to G

enev

a.

b. I

acce

pt th

e le

gal c

oncl

usio

n of

the

atto

rney

gen

eral

and

the

Dep

artm

ent

of J

ustic

e th

at I

have

the

auth

ority

und

er th

e C

onst

itutio

n to

sus

pend

G

enev

a as

bet

wee

n th

e U

nite

d St

ates

and

Afg

hani

stan

, but

I de

clin

e to

ex

erci

se th

at a

utho

rity

at th

is ti

me.

Acc

ordi

ngly

, I d

eter

min

e th

at th

e pr

ovis

ions

of G

enev

a w

ill a

pply

to o

ur p

rese

nt c

onfli

ct w

ith th

eTa

liban

. I

rese

rve

the

right

to e

xerc

ise

the

auth

ority

in th

is o

r fut

ure

conf

licts

.

Pre

side

ntia

l Mem

oran

dum

�Fe

brua

ry 7

, 200

2

12

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

USG

Pol

icy�

Of c

ours

e, o

ur v

alue

s as

a n

atio

n, v

alue

s th

at w

e sh

are

with

man

y na

tions

in th

e w

orld

, cal

l for

us

to tr

eat d

etai

nees

hum

anel

y,

incl

udin

g th

ose

who

are

not

lega

lly e

ntitl

ed to

suc

h tr

eatm

ent.

Our

na

tion

has

been

and

will

con

tinue

to b

e a

stro

ng s

uppo

rter

of

Gen

eva

and

its p

rinci

ples

. As

a m

atte

r of p

olic

y, th

e U

nite

d St

ates

A

rmed

For

ces

shal

l con

tinue

to tr

eat d

etai

nees

hum

anel

y an

d, to

the

exte

nt a

ppro

pria

te a

nd c

onsi

sten

t with

mili

tary

nec

essi

ty, i

n a

man

ner c

onsi

sten

t with

the

prin

cipl

es o

f Gen

eva.

Pres

iden

tial M

emor

andu

m �

Febr

uary

7, 2

002

13

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Com

bata

nts

and

the

Rul

es o

f War

!C

omba

tant

s, in

a tr

aditi

onal

war

set

ting,

are

gra

nted

righ

ts a

ndpr

ivile

ges

unde

r the

Gen

eva

Con

vent

ions

bec

ause

they

con

form

to

spec

ific

oblig

atio

ns.

�Th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

Gen

eva

Con

vent

ions

, or t

he la

w o

f war

in g

ener

al, i

s to

re

gula

te b

ellig

eren

cy b

etw

een

stat

e ac

tors

.

�A

lthou

gh it

may

see

m o

dd �

the

unde

rlyin

g pr

emis

e of

the

law

of a

rmed

co

nflic

t is

that

eve

n in

war

, sta

tes

shar

e a

com

mon

inte

rest

and

fram

ewor

k.

�Th

e C

onve

ntio

ns a

pply

�hi

gh c

ontr

actin

g pa

rtie

s� �

nam

ely

Stat

es.

!A

l Qae

da is

not

a p

arty

to a

ny in

tern

atio

nal t

reat

y.

!Th

e U

SG p

ositi

on is

that

the

Talib

an d

id n

ot c

onfo

rm to

the

law

sof

ar

med

con

flict

�fo

r var

ious

reas

ons.

14

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Impl

icat

ions

!U

nlaw

ful E

nem

y C

omba

tant

s m

ay

be d

etai

ned

until

the

cess

atio

n of

ho

stili

ties.

!N

o m

embe

r of t

he a

l Qae

da o

r Ta

liban

is a

pris

oner

of w

ar.

!R

egar

dles

s of

the

lega

l sta

tus

of

deta

inee

s in

DoD

cus

tody

, it i

s ou

r pol

icy

and

prac

tice

to tr

eat a

ll de

tain

ees

hum

anel

y.

15

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Terr

oris

m a

nd C

rimin

ality

!C

ongr

ess

auth

oriz

ed th

e us

e of

mili

tary

forc

e ag

ains

t al Q

aeda

, the

Ta

liban

, and

thei

r sup

port

ers

for t

wo

key

reas

ons:

�C

rimin

al a

ppro

ache

s ar

e es

sent

ially

reac

tive

=> c

onvi

ct �

bad

guys

� af

ter

they

com

mit

a cr

imin

al a

ct.

�Th

e th

reat

s po

sed

by a

l Qae

da w

ere

beyo

nd th

e ab

ility

of t

he la

wen

forc

emen

t com

mun

ity to

han

dle.

!C

ongr

ess

also

reco

gniz

ed th

e in

here

nt ri

ght o

f sel

f-def

ense

for t

he

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd th

e au

thor

ity o

f the

Pre

side

nt, a

s C

omm

ande

r-in

-C

hief

, to

prot

ect t

he p

eopl

e of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

!A

s a

resu

lt, th

e Jo

int S

enat

e R

esol

utio

n re

ads

as fo

llow

s:

16

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Con

gres

s� in

tent

� w

age

war

aga

inst

terr

oris

ts..

!W

here

as, o

n Se

ptem

ber 1

1, 2

001,

act

s of

trea

cher

ous

viol

ence

wer

e co

mm

itted

aga

inst

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd it

s ci

tizen

s; a

nd

!W

here

as, s

uch

acts

rend

er it

bot

h ne

cess

ary

and

appr

opria

te th

atth

e U

nite

d St

ates

exe

rcis

e its

righ

ts to

sel

f-def

ense

and

to p

rote

ct U

nite

d St

ates

ci

tizen

s bo

th a

t hom

e an

d ab

road

; and

!W

here

as, i

n lig

ht o

f the

thre

at to

the

natio

nal s

ecur

ity a

nd fo

reig

n po

licy

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es p

osed

by

thes

e gr

ave

acts

of v

iole

nce;

and

!W

here

as, s

uch

acts

con

tinue

to p

ose

an u

nusu

al a

nd e

xtra

ordi

nary

thre

at to

th

e na

tiona

l sec

urity

and

fore

ign

polic

y of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es; a

nd

!W

here

as, t

he P

resi

dent

has

aut

horit

y un

der t

he C

onst

itutio

n to

take

act

ion

to

dete

r and

pre

vent

act

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l ter

roris

m a

gain

st th

e U

nite

d St

ates

: N

ow, t

here

fore

, be

it R

esol

ved

by th

e Se

nate

and

Hou

se o

f Rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

f Am

eric

a in

Con

gres

s as

sem

bled

,

17

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Aut

horiz

atio

n fo

r Mili

tary

For

ce

That

the

Pres

iden

t is

auth

oriz

ed to

use

all

nece

ssar

y an

d ap

prop

riate

forc

e ag

ains

t tho

se

natio

ns, o

rgan

izat

ions

, or p

erso

ns h

e de

term

ines

pl

anne

d, a

utho

rized

, com

mitt

ed, o

r aid

ed th

e te

rror

ist a

ttack

s th

at o

ccur

red

on S

epte

mbe

r 11,

20

01, o

r har

bore

d su

ch o

rgan

izat

ions

or p

erso

ns,

in o

rder

to p

reve

nt a

ny fu

ture

act

s of

inte

rnat

iona

l te

rror

ism

aga

inst

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es b

y su

ch

natio

ns, o

rgan

izat

ions

or p

erso

ns.

S.J.

Res

. 23

-200

1

18

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Des

ired

End

Stat

e of

GW

OT

From

the

2003

Cou

nter

-Ter

roris

m S

trat

egy

of th

e U

S

19

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Des

ired

End

Stat

e of

GW

OT

From

the

2003

Cou

nter

-Ter

roris

m S

trat

egy

of th

e U

S

20

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Unp

rece

dent

ed R

evie

w P

roce

sses

at G

TMO

!Ev

ery

GTM

O d

etai

nee

has

rece

ived

a

Com

bata

nt S

tatu

s R

evie

w T

ribun

al o

r C

SRT

!Ev

ery

GTM

O d

etai

nee

has

or w

ill

rece

ive

an A

dmin

istr

ativ

e R

evie

w

Boa

rd to

det

erm

ine

if w

e ne

ed to

co

ntin

ue to

hol

d.

!W

e do

not

wan

t to

be th

e w

orld

�s ja

iler

�bu

t we

have

an

impe

rativ

e ne

ed to

pr

otec

t our

cou

ntry

.

!So

me

we

have

rele

ased

hav

e re

turn

ed

to th

e fig

ht.

CA

MP

DEL

TA �

MA

XIM

UM

SEC

UR

ITY

Gua

ntan

amo

Nav

al A

ir St

atio

n, C

uba

21

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Ret

urni

ng d

etai

nees

to H

ome

Gov

ernm

ents

!Th

e U

nite

d St

ates

fully

com

plie

s w

ith it

s ob

ligat

ions

und

er

inte

rnat

iona

l law

.�

Not

ably

�th

e C

onve

ntio

n A

gain

st T

ortu

re

��

and

the

Gen

eva

Con

vent

ions

!W

e ha

ve re

patr

iate

d se

vera

l det

aine

es �

not a

sin

gle

one

has

been

har

med

by

hom

e go

vern

men

ts.

!W

e ha

ve d

ecid

e no

t to

repa

tria

te d

etai

nees

bec

ause

of

conc

erns

of m

istr

eatm

ent o

r tor

ture

.

22

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Mor

e G

over

nmen

ts n

eed

to ta

ke re

spon

sibi

lity

!Th

e U

S an

d th

e G

ovt.

of A

fgha

nist

an h

ave

reac

hed

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g w

here

by th

e m

ajor

ity o

f Afg

han

deta

inee

s ca

ptur

ed in

OEF

will

be

repa

tria

ted

to A

fgha

n co

ntro

l.

!Th

e de

tain

ees

held

in G

WO

T ar

e da

nger

ous

peop

le �

we

unde

rsta

nd w

hy g

over

nmen

ts a

re h

esita

nt to

take

them

bac

k.

!So

me

gove

rnm

ents

, how

ever

, hav

e ne

ither

the

mea

ns o

r the

w

ill to

hol

d th

ese

com

bata

nts

�th

at m

ust c

hang

e.

!Th

e ab

ility

to g

loba

lize

the

effo

rt is

key

�na

tions

mus

t re

cogn

ize

thei

r obl

igat

ions

as

sove

reig

ns to

acc

ept

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

23

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Mor

e G

over

nmen

ts n

eed

to ta

ke re

spon

sibi

lity

!Th

e U

S an

d th

e G

ovt.

of A

fgha

nist

an h

ave

reac

hed

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g w

here

by th

e m

ajor

ity o

f Afg

han

deta

inee

s ca

ptur

ed in

OEF

will

be

repa

tria

ted

to A

fgha

n co

ntro

l.

!Th

e de

tain

ees

held

in G

WO

T ar

e da

nger

ous

peop

le �

we

unde

rsta

nd w

hy g

over

nmen

ts a

re h

esita

nt to

take

them

bac

k.

!So

me

gove

rnm

ents

, how

ever

, hav

e ne

ither

the

mea

ns o

r the

w

ill to

hol

d th

ese

com

bata

nts

�th

at m

ust c

hang

e.

!Th

e ab

ility

to g

loba

lize

the

effo

rt is

key

�na

tions

mus

t re

cogn

ize

thei

r obl

igat

ions

as

sove

reig

ns to

acc

ept

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

24

UN

CLA

SSIF

IED

Sum

mar

y!

The

US

is a

t war

with

al Q

aeda

, the

Tal

iban

, and

thei

r sup

port

ers

�th

e la

w o

f w

ar g

over

ns th

at c

onfli

ct.

!Th

e de

tent

ion

of e

nem

y co

mba

tant

s is

sub

ject

to th

at la

w a

nd th

eU

SG

adhe

res

to it

.�

We

will

con

tinue

to d

etai

n fig

hter

s on

the

battl

efie

ld.

�W

e ca

n ho

ld th

em u

ntil

the

cess

atio

n of

hos

tiliti

es.

!B

ecau

se o

f the

nat

ure

of th

e co

nflic

t, th

e fa

ct th

at te

rror

ists

are

sub

-nat

iona

l ac

tors

, nei

ther

the

law

of w

ar, n

or c

rimin

al la

w, c

lean

ly a

nd n

eatly

app

ly.

Ulti

mat

ely,

as

the

US

coun

ter-

terr

oris

m s

trat

egy

desc

ribes

�a

tran

sitio

n fr

om w

ar to

pol

icin

g is

the

end

stat

e.

!Th

at s

aid

�U

SG p

olic

y is

focu

sed

on n

ot h

oldi

ng th

ose

long

er th

an

nece

ssar

y an

d ha

s ta

ken

unpr

eced

ente

d st

eps

to p

rovi

de d

etai

nees

with

ad

min

istr

ativ

e pr

oces

s.

!G

over

nmen

ts n

eed

to a

ccep

t res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r the

ir na

tiona

ls w

ho c

omm

it ac

ts o

f ter

roris

m.