Unlawful combatant

policies. In 2002, President George W. Bush officially declared that the detainees in Guantanamo Bay were ‘Unlawful Combatants’ and ineligible for the protection of the Geneva Convention on the Laws of War (cite). Here is the first problem. According to the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Article 5, a prisoner of war’s status must be determined by a tribunal in order to be declared an ‘Unlawful Combatant’ (Lucian E. Dervan 489). Two years later, in 2004, it was ruled in Supreme Court Case, Rasul v Bush, the US Court System had the authority to decide if a foreign national has been wrongfully imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. The pressure from the International Human Rights activists and the Supreme Court Case ruling led to the establishment of Combatant Status Review Tribunals to determine the official status of these Guantanamo Bay detainees (Schumann 353). While this may seem to be a negligible act, the status of these detainees has a large impact on their treatment. A prisoner officially named ‘Unlawful Combatant’ is subject to the detaining state’s laws, and is not protected by the guidelines of the treatment of prisoners of war outlined in the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. This gives rise to the question, who is an ‘Unlawful Combatant?’ According to the Geneva Convention of the Law of War, an ‘Unlawful Combatant’ is a person who has engaged in a form of armed combat in violation of the Laws of War (“Geneva…

approached and the problems they are faced with daily. The global war on terrorism, if nothing else has brought up discussion of when and how people can use violence or restrict the liberties of their own citizens or persons they encounter (Nolte, 2004). Our issues with war on terror have brought up many conflicts that law enforcement got themselves into and there’s many opinions that others have on that. Was it right? What the punishment for it? And many more. In May of 2015 a report was…

Mathis remained as Sontra’s noble physician after he took the role after his own mentor succumbed to a disease that wiped out a good portion of the town. His mentor would have been proud of her apprentice as he would go on to become a brilliant medic. Clever as he was with an ability to think fast on his feet. Countless people believe that Mathis knew everything to know about medicine and knew how to nurse ever injury and illness imaginable. Medics held the most power in the town after the…

The fascinating thing about a war story is how it does not revolve solely around combat. They are actually more like a hurricane, in that while in the midst of what seems to be a hellacious and destructive disaster, the anxiety and fear before landfall as well as the aftermath, leaving a planet in ruins, are critical in understanding the entirety of the experience. Though the war is a key component to the story, many of the battles occur before and after and create deeper wounds than could ever…

security solutions can begin to be built off the existing framework. The United States military will always require Title 10 authority to conduct military operation in and through cyberspace. This is the nature of war and future conflicts will only require more cyber freedom of maneuver. There may be an argument however that defense of government networks, civil and military, should fall to a single agency. Government networks would be easier to defend if that all were held to the same…

of equipment over (1 million pieces) as one integrated system. This approach was further complicated by the way we support the field and the issue of regeneration (equipment and units coming back to be redeployed). One of the main reasons the Army took this approach was because equipment like Tanks, HMMWVs, Aircraft and Personnel Carriers were being shipped to theater with C4ISR equipment improperly configured for the environment. This resulted in soldiers being sent on missions without…

Department of Homeland Security after the 9/11 attacks on our nation and is now one of the leading federal agencies. The department is responsible is to reach out beyond terrorism, in order to, prevent, respond to, prepare and recover from major disasters and emergencies alike. Homeland defense focus on the protection of a territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against aggression and external threats. There are many ways that the U.S. provide guidance for…

This man-made disaster caused a knee jerk reaction that publicizes awareness of terrorism showcasing the lack of cohesive with intelligence, law enforcement, and emergency management contribution. Not only did it bring public awareness it revealed that the federal government was on the hook for helping state and local governments before and after the event it showed where they fall short. President Bush restructured the federal government with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) along…

On May 2, 2011 the world changed forever. An extremely secretive raid was carried out that killed the world's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. In the years since that fateful night many have tried to gain a better picture of exactly what happened and what was needed to accomplish this monumental task. No Easy Day, by Mark Owen, offers a first hand account of the raid, but the book is so much more than that. No Easy Day is both a gripping first hand account of the raid and a somber personal…

There are many heroes in the novel Fearless. Adam Brown was one of them. Adam was a brave and hard-headed man. Adam never gave up. Adam Brown was someone that will never be forgotten. He made many impacts on people’s life. Adam Brown was from Hot Springs, Arkansas. He went to school at Lake Hamilton High School and graduated with honors. (Blehm, 36.) Adam attended Arkansas Tech University and played football there. Adam began to realize that he was not as good on the football field in college,…