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Yesterday's order was billed by the Obama Administration as a generous addition to what the law requires, a "discretionary" additional annual review that the government will provide to prisoners it has deemed too dangerous to release and therefore detainable until and if ever this far-reaching war "against al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated forces" is over.

Daphne Eviatar: New Obama Admin Procedures Import Troubling Aspects of Afghanistan Detention Review to Gitmo Daphne Eviatar 2011

Yesterday's order was billed by the Obama Administration as a generous addition to what the law requires, a "discretionary" additional annual review that the government will provide to prisoners it has deemed too dangerous to release and therefore detainable until and if ever this far-reaching war "against al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated forces" is over.

Daphne Eviatar: New Obama Admin Procedures Import Troubling Aspects of Afghanistan Detention Review to Gitmo Daphne Eviatar 2011

Yesterday's order was billed by the Obama Administration as a generous addition to what the law requires, a "discretionary" additional annual review that the government will provide to prisoners it has deemed too dangerous to release and therefore detainable until and if ever this far-reaching war "against al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated forces" is over.

Daphne Eviatar: New Obama Admin Procedures Import Troubling Aspects of Afghanistan Detention Review to Gitmo Daphne Eviatar 2011

Whereas Bush had insisted that he could hold people outside the law who were "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," the new administration kept this definition largely intact, but added that individuals who supported al-Qaeda or the Taliban were "detainable only if the support was substantial."

Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough 2010

So judges across the political spectrum concluded that the government hadn't demonstrated that these detainees are detainable under the laws of war.

Daphne Eviatar: How to Overcome the "Legacy of Torture" 2010

But how can any one statute possibly address all the vastly different factual scenarios, many spanning several countries and decades, that constitute the government's claims that any particular individual is detainable?

Daphne Eviatar: Judges to Congress: Don't Legislate Indefinite Detention 2010

So judges across the political spectrum concluded that the government hadn't demonstrated that these detainees are detainable under the laws of war.

Daphne Eviatar: How to Overcome the "Legacy of Torture" 2010

So judges across the political spectrum concluded that the government hadn't demonstrated that these detainees are detainable under the laws of war.

Daphne Eviatar: How to Overcome the "Legacy of Torture" Daphne Eviatar 2010

Whereas Bush had insisted that he could hold people outside the law who were "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," the new administration kept this definition largely intact, but added that individuals who supported al-Qaeda or the Taliban were "detainable only if the support was substantial."

Andy Worthington: Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough 2010

Last week, 15 former federal court judges urged Congress not to write a new detention law to authorize indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, because independent federal judges are best equipped to decide who's detainable under the law.

Daphne Eviatar: Court Order Highlights U.S. Legal Distortions 2010