People
This organization is responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Al-Qaeda
The sustained use of violence against symbolic or civilian targets by small groups for political purposes through coercion, fear, drawing widespread attention to a political grievance, and/or provoking a draconian or unsustainable response.
Terrorism
Enhanced Interrogation was successful at obtaining valuable and usable intelligence.
False
This court case was a landmark legal challenge in which a Mauritanian detainee sued the U.S. government for unlawful, indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay.
Slahi v. Obama
The CIA stands for
Central Intelligence Agency
This U.S President signed the highly controversial PATRIOT Act, which relaxed restrictions on information sharing between U.S law enforcement/intelligence agencies regarding suspected terrorists.
George W. Bush
This term, which was essentially used in place of the word "torture", was used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
Enhanced Interrogation
International Law does serve U.S national interests.
True.
This is a landmark 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the fundamental constitutional right of American citizens designated as "enemy combatants" to challenge their indefinite military detention before a neutral judge.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The 2001 AUMF stands for:
Authorization for Use of Military Force
This NSA whistleblower blew the whistle on the U.S government's extreme and extensive spying of its own citizens.
Edward Snowden
According to the UN website: "[BLANK] defines the legal responsibilities of States in their conduct with each other, and their treatment of individuals within Stateboundaries".
International Law
The 2001 AUMF is no longer active/in use.
False
This court case exposed the CIA's enhanced interrogation program:
Salim v. Mitchell
International Law is "Real Law", but it doesnt have this which lets many criminals avoid justice
Enforcement Mechanism
This individual was held without charge for 14 years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
A fundemental right which allows anyone imprisoned or detained by the government to challenge the lawfulness of their imprisonment in court.
Habeus Corpus
Children are guarenteed a right to education during times of war
True
the Supreme Court ruled that the military commissions system was unconstitutional because it needed Congressional authorization in this court case
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
This U.S government agency was exposed by Edward Snowden for its illegal spying of U.S citizens.
N.S.A (National Security Association)
This 16 year old U.S citizen was killed by a U.S air strike while he was out dining with several others in Yemen.
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
This latin phrase translates to "right to war".
Jus ad bellum
The drone strikes that killed 3 American citizens, one of them being a 16 year old boy, was ruled illegal.
False unfortunately
In this court case, the Supreme Court disagreed with both political branches, ruling that the 2006 Military Commissions Act—which included a provision banning foreign detainees labeled “enemy combatants” from challenging their detention in court—was illegal because it unconstitutionally suspended the detainees’ writ of habeas corpus.
Boumediene v. Bush
"Jus in bello" means this in english.
Justice in war