Summary

Portrait of Paul Wolfowitz Paul Wolfowitz Order Establishing Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Enemy Combatant. For purposes of the Order, the term "enemy combatant" shall mean an individual who was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. This includes any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces. Each detainee subject to this Order has been determined to be an enemy combatant through multiple levels of reviews by officers of the Department of Defense.
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Portrait of Paul Wolfowitz Paul Wolfowitz Order Establishing Combatant Status Review Tribunal

The personal representative shall be afforded the opportunity to review any reasonably available information in the possession of the Department of Defense that may be relevant to a determination of the detainee's designation as an enemy combatant, including any records, determinations, or reports generated in connection with earlier determinations or reviews, and to consult with the detainee concerning that designation and any challenge thereto.
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Portrait of Paul Wolfowitz Paul Wolfowitz Order Establishing Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Composition of Tribunal. A Tribunal shall be composed of three neutral commissioned officers of the U.S. Armed Forces, each of whom possesses the appropriate security clearance and none of whome was involved in the apprehension, detention, interrogation, or previous determination of status of the detainee. One of the members shall be a judge advocate. The senior member (in the grade of ) -5 and above) shall serve as President of the Tribunal. Another non-voting officer, preferable a judge advocate, shall serve as the Recorder and shall not be a member of the Tribunal.
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