The laws of war; Detention at Guantanamo justified.(OPED)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: February 26, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Over the past two weeks, the Bush administration has advanced a detailed and compelling justification for the continuing detention of captured al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Beginning with a Feb. 13 speech by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the administration has articulated in detail both the legal basis for detaining those persons without trial and the practical safeguards that have been adopted to ensure that only genuine enemy combatants ...

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