The Detention and Prosecution of Insurgents and Other Non-Traditional Combatants—A Look at the Task Force 134 Process and the Future of Detainee Prosecutions

摘要

I never understood how a single event could permanently scar a person's memory, until 11 September 2001. Now, like most Americans, I will never forget the events that took place that day. In addition to scarring my memory, those events triggered the next generation of world conflict, the Global War on Terror. This latest conflict has placed many new demands on today's military. In addition to being able to fight and win the war on terror, we, as uniformed servicemembers, are now leading a global hunt to bring terrorists to justice. It is this hunt that has increased the role judge advocates (JAs) are playing and, for the first time in history, the contribution of JAs may determine whether this operation is deemed a success.