S.3081 - Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010

A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 as introduced.
  • Short: Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 as introduced.

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3/4/2010--Introduced.Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Requires an individual who is suspected of engaging in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners through an act of terrorism and who may be an unprivileged enemy belligerent

Official Summary

3/4/2010--Introduced.Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Requires an individual who is suspected of engaging in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners through an act of terrorism and who may be an unprivileged enemy belligerent to be placed in military custody for purposes of initial interrogation and determination of status. Allows the detention and interrogation of such individuals for a reasonable time after capture or coming into custody. Defines "unprivileged enemy belligerent" as an individual who:
(1) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners;
(2) has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or
(3) was a part of al Qaeda at the time of capture. Authorizes the President to establish an interagency team composed of executive branch personnel with expertise in national security, terrorism, intelligence, interrogation, or law enforcement to interrogate an individual placed in military custody and to determine if such individual is an unprivileged enemy belligerent. Designates such team as a high-value detainee interrogation group. Designates certain individuals in military custody as high value detainees based upon the potential threat such individuals pose for an attack on the United States, its citizens, or military personnel, the potential intelligence value of such individuals, or membership in al Qaeda or an affiliated terrorist group. Directs the high-value detainee interrogation group to conduct interrogations of such individuals and make preliminary determinations whether such individuals are unprivileged enemy belligerents. Deems as the paramount purpose of such interrogations the protection of U.S. civilians and facilities through thorough and professional interrogation for intelligence purposes. Prohibits the use of Department of Justice (DOJ) appropriated funds to prosecute an unprivileged enemy belligerent in an Article III court. Allows the detention of an unprivileged enemy belligerent without criminal charges or trial for the duration of hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners in which the individual has engaged or which the individual has purposely and materially supported.

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  • Campaign for Liberty
  • Cato Institute
  • Amnesty International
  • Arkansas Libertarian Party
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10/17/10
S. 3081 and John Thune: National Security Trumps Essential Liberty

...to an Orwellian panoptic gulag. America’s promise has always been the power of the many to rule, instead of the one. S.3081 returns unilateral power to the one. It’s ill-conceived, elitist, and end-runs our inherent Constitutional protections. Found

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08/24/10
John McCain's attack on liberty

...himself. He has introduced two bills in the US Senate that are about as Machiavellian as they could be. I am referring to S.3081, a bill that would authorize the federal government to detain American citizens indefinitely without trial, and S.3002, a bi

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08/24/10
Letters From An Ordinary Citizen : Wrong....Again!

...that would allow American citizens thought to be a threat to be arrested and heldwithout benefit of trial or counsel! The new law, S.3081, The “Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010", is so broadly written that it mig

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12/30/10
A Detention Bill You Ought to Read More Carefully | Kent Student ...

On March 4th of 2010, McCain introduced S.3081, a bill that would not only suspend Habeous Corpus, but also give additional power to the president. The bill sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of ...

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12/22/10
Alex Breaks Down McCain-Graham S.3081 Indefinite Detention ...

Alex Breaks Down McCain-Graham S.3081 Indefinite Detention & Torture Bill on The Alex Jones Show. Dissenters To Be Detained As Enemy Belligerents? Paul Joseph Watson www.prisonplanet.com Monday, March 8, 2010 Since the establishment ...

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