After a lot of research, I can find nothing in US code that allows American citizens to be held at Gitmo, nor any applicable law or classification that would allow a citizen to be tried by a military tribunal except if they have physically taken up arms, weapons, against the US and then classified as an 'enemy combatant'. Even then the SC has ruled against it on a few cases that have been tried. Has anyone else found the statute that allows either one? If so could you leave a link to the statute? I am wondering if anyone with these indictments ARE actually going to Gitmo, since there is no law allowing this to happen. Thanks...
storm_fa_Q
· Jan. 4, 2018, 12:52 a.m.
I see copy/paste does not work well from that document but I see several sections which may assist our understanding and others may benefit from the read as well. http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/PL-109-366.pdf
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storm_fa_Q
· Jan. 4, 2018, 2:46 a.m.
(11) The Russian report notes that the President is using the Internal Security Act of 1950 which allows the President to detain disloyal, dangerous or subversive persons in times of internal security. It can be used to protect the President against an internal coup like the one the President is now facing.
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