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James Crisfield
A Legal Advisor and an Assistant Legal Advisor were part of the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants team tasked to conduct Combatant Status Review Tribunals of captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba. The identity of the officers who served as the Tribunal President (CSRT), Tribunal Presidents, the Tribunal members, the Recorder (CSRT), Recorder or the Personal Representative (CSRT), Personal Representative were kept secret. 58 unclassified dossiers containing a review of the Tribunal's legal sufficiency were separately released under separate Freedom of Information Act (United States), Freedom of Information Act requests in 2005 and an additional 121 unclassified dossiers were released in September 2007. Each tribunal that convened had the Summary of Evidence (CSRT), Summary of Evidence memo that contained the allegations against the captive, the transcripts of both the unclassified and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office For The Administrative Review Of Detained Enemy Combatants
The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants, established in 2004 by the Bush administration's Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, is a United States military body responsible for organising Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) for captives held in extrajudicial detention at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba and annual Administrative Review Boards to review the threat level posed by deemed enemy combatants in order to make recommendations as to whether the U.S. needs to continue to hold them captive. Most of the Guantanamo captives have had two Administrative Review Board hearings convened to review their continued detention. On June 22, 2007, an appeal on behalf of Guantanamo captive Fawzi al-Odah contained an affidavit from Stephen Abraham, a lawyer and United States Army reserve officer, which was highly critical of OARDEC's procedures. According to the ''Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |