Legal Sufficiency Review of Combatant Status Review Tribunal for detainee ISN 590
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A legal sufficiency review has been completed on the subject Combatant Status Review Tribunal in accordance with references (a) and (b). After reviewing the record of the Tribunal, fred that: |
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The detainee was properly notified of the Tribunal process and did not participate in the proceeding. |
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The Tribunal was properly convened and constituted by enclosure (I). |
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The Tribunal complied with the provisions of references (a) and (b). Note that information in ex~bit R-4 was redacted. The FBI properly certified in exhibit R-2 that the redacted information would not support a determination that the detainee is not an enemy combatant. |
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Exhibits R-4, R-15, and R-20 contain handwritten notes in the margins. The notes on exhibits R-4 and R-20 appear to be aids in directing the Tribunal to the source of the information in the UnclassNedS ummaryp rovided to the detainee. The note on exhibit R-15 explains that a name on the documenits an alias of the detainee’s. These notes do not alter the evidencen or do they affect the legal sufficiency of the documents. |
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The detainee did not request any witnesses or additional evidence. |
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The Tribunal’s decision that detainee # properly classified as an enemy combatant was unanimous. |
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The detainee’s Personal Representative was given the opportunity to review the record of proceedings and affirmatively declined to submit comments. |
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The proceedings and decision of the Tribunal as recorded in enclosure (2) are legally sufficient and no corrective action is required. |
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I recommend that the decision of the Tribunal be approveda nd the case be considered final. |
- T. A. McPALMER
- CDR, JAGC, USN