Legal Opinion
Hamdan, Salim Ahmed v. Rumsfeld, Donald H.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 15, 2005No. 04-5393PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
Concurring opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge.
Afghani militia forces captured Salim Ahmed Hamdan in Afghanistan in late November 2001. Hamdan’s captors turned him over to the American military, which transported him to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The military initially kept him in the general detention facility, known as Camp Delta. On July 3, 2003, the President determined “that there is reason to believe that [Hamdan] was a member of al Qaeda or was otherwise involved in terrorism directed…
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