Gordon R. England

“ You are being held as an enemy combatant by the United States Armed Forces. An enemy combatant is an individual who was part of supporting Taliban or al Qaida forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. The definition includes any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities.
The U. S. Government will give you an opportunity to contest your status as an enemy combatant. Your case will go before a Combatant Status Review Tribunal, composed of military officers. ”

“ The Personal Representative shall assist the detainee in obtaining unclassified documents and in arranging the presence of witnesses reasonably available and, if the detainee elects, the Personal Representative shall assist the detainee in the presentation of information to the Tribunal. The Personal Representative may, outside the presence of the detainee, present or comment upon classified information that bears upon the detainee’s status if it would aid the Tribunal’s deliberations. ”

“ One of the officers appointed to the Tribunal shall be a judge advocate. All Tribunal members have an equal vote as to a detainee’s enemy combatant status. Recorder. Each Tribunal shall have a commissioned officer serving in the grade of O-3 or above, preferably a judge advocate, appointed by the Director, CSRT, to obtain and present all relative evidence to the Tribunal and to cause a record to be made of the proceedings. The Recorder shall not have been involved in the apprehension, detention, interrogation, or previous determination of status of the detainees other than the CSRT process. ”