Definitions
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Definitions
100

Treaty

What is a written agreement between organizations?

100

Geneva Conventions

What are a set of international treaties that created rules for proper treatment of people in armed conflict?

100

George Bush

Who was the president in 2001 during the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

100

ACLU v. NSA

What challenged NSA's warrantless wiretapping program?

100

FISA

What is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court?

200

International Law

What is a set of principles/agreements that govern relations between countries?

200

Arms Trade Treaty

What is the common standard for the international trading of weapons?

200

Mohamedou Slahi

Who is a detainee at Guantanamo Bay and spoke of his experience in The Mauritanian?

200

Rasul v. Bush

What gave detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their imprisonment?

200

USA Patriot Act

What allowed the U.S. government to surveillance individuals suspected of terrorism without warrants?

300

Guantanamo Bay

What is a detention camp used to house terrorists, giving the U.S a legal gray zone to hold prisoners without charges?

300

Habeas Corpus

What is a legal principle that protects individuals from unlawful imprisonment?

300

Edward Snowden

Who was a former contractor for the NSA, known for disclosing classified documents?
300

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

What stopped the use of military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees without proper authorization from congress?

300

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

What is an international treaty that protects the rights of children?

400

NSA

What is the National Security Agency?

400

UNHCR

What is the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees?

400

Glenn Greenwald

Who assisted Edward Snowden in publicizing the U.S. government's surveillance practices?

400

Boumediene v. Bush

What ruled that detainees at Guantanamo Bay could challenge their imprisonment through habeas corpus?

400

AUMF

What is Authorization for Use of Military Force?

500

War Crimes

What is the violation of laws of war committed during an armed conflict?

500

FISA

What is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance?

500

Laura Poitras

Who was the filmmaker who brought Edward Snowden's story to the public?

500

Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta

What lawsuit was filed due to a U.S citizen having been killed by a U.S drone strike?

500

Irregular Warfare

What is violence committed by substate actors?

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