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Introducing the term enemy combatant -- Justifying harsh interrogations and torture -- Asserting absolute power as Commander in Chief -- Yaser Hamdi, American citizen -- Jose Padilla, American citizen -- Ali Saleh Kalah Al Marri, American resident -- Preventive detention -- Guantanamo and the road to the Supreme Court, 2002-2004 -- Why Guantanamo? -- Martin Luther King weekend, January 2002 -- The road to the Supreme Court -- With a little help from the Cuban Iguana -- A historic Supreme Court decision : Rasul v. Bush -- Inhumane treatment of detainees at Guantanamo -- Interrogation log of a Guantanamo detainee -- FBI report : July 29, 2004 -- Denial of treatment -- Suicides at the base -- The emergency response force -- Hunger strikers and force-feeding --The Administration under siege, 2004-2006 -- Combatant Status Review Tribunals -- Administrative review boards -- Government interference with attorneys -- The Administration's legal position falters -- Winds of change, 2006-2008 -- A second historic Supreme Court decision : Hamdan v. Rumsfeld -- The Military Commissions Act -- The third Guantanamo case : Boumediene v. Bush -- Supreme Court oral arguments -- A parallel case on reviewing CSRT hearings -- The return to war crime prosecutions : Hicks, Khadr, and Hamdan -- Victory : Boumediene v. Bush -- Another blow to the Administration : Parhat v. Gates -- The evolution of extraordinary rendition -- Case study : Khalid El-Masri -- Case study : Maher Arar -- Case study : Abu Omar -- Violating human rights laws -- John Walker Lindh -- Richard Colvin Reid -- Zacarias Moussaoui -- The Lackawanna Six. |
