Boumediene v. Bush

MEMORANDUM ORDER

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

The issue before the Court is what definition of “enemy combatant” should be employed in the upcoming hearings in this case. The Government proposes a revised, and somewhat expanded, version of an earlier definition crafted by the Department of Defense. See Resp’ts Mem. Addressing the Definition of Enemy Combatant [Dkt. #228] at 5. Detainees’ counsel, not surprisingly, have proposed a much narrower version, requiring that “civilians,” such as the detainees here, “directly participate] in hostilities as part of an organized armed force in an…