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Judge Questions Sweep of Bush's War on Terrorism
Pentagon Says 550 'Enemy Combatants' Are Confined Properly, Seeks Benefit of Doubt on Detentions

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 2, 2004; Page A04

…"If a little old lady in Switzerland writes checks to what she thinks is a charitable organization for Afghanistan orphans, but it's really supporting . . . al Qaeda, is she an enemy combatant?" the judge asked.

Boyle said the woman could be, but it would depend on her intentions. "It would be up to the military to decide as to what to believe," he said.

And she sits in Gitmo until they decide?

Posted by Prometheus 6 on December 2, 2004 - 8:20am :: War
 
 

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