Leahy commented on the grant application outcome.
03/16/2014
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[The Government] has made clear, however, that, for purposes of this case, the `enemy combatant' that it is seeking to detain is an individu...
So the time is really now to end the legal ambiguity and state clearly once and for all that the AUMF or other authorities do not authorize ...
This is not unlike the resolution I introduced in 2006 to clarify that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force adopted after 9/11 di...
Indefinite detention contradicts the most basic principles of law that I have pledged to uphold.