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The government's case against Slahi relied heavily on alleged connections to this terrorist organization.
What is Al Qaeda?
This organization sits at the center of modern international law and was created after World War II.
What is the United Nations?
This type of court approval is generally required before law enforcement conducts many searches or surveillance activities.
What is a warrant?
This former government contractor leaked classified documents that revealed the scope of U.S. government surveillance programs.
Who is Edward Snowden?
This constitutional principle guarantees that the government cannot deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without proper legal procedures.
What is due process?
Mohamedou Slahi's detention at this facility sparked debates over habeas corpus, due process, and the treatment of enemy combatants.
What is Guantanamo Bay?
This Dutch city is home to the International Court of Justice and is often referred to as the legal capital of the world.
What is The Hague?
Passed in 1978, this law created a special court to oversee government requests for surveillance related to foreign intelligence.
What is FISA?
This newspaper worked with Snowden to publish many of the classified documents revealing NSA surveillance programs.
What is The Guardian?
NSA warrantless surveillance programs raised concerns about violations of this amendment.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This legal petition was filed on behalf of Mohamedou Slahi to force the government to justify his detention and disclose the evidence against him.
What is a writ of habeas corpus?
This international court has two primary roles: settling disputes between states and providing advisory opinions on legal questions.
What is the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
President Bush authorized this type of surveillance after 9/11, allowing the monitoring of certain communications without court approved warrants.
What is warrantless wiretapping?
This government agency was at the center of Snowden's disclosures regarding mass surveillance programs.
What is the NSA?
In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. citizens designated as enemy combatants still retained rights under this amendment.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The detention of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay was justified in part by powers derived from this 2001 congressional authorization.
What is the AUMF?
The UN Charter generally permits the use of force only in self defense or with authorization from this UN body.
What is the Security Council?
Critics argued that mass surveillance programs created a tension between national security and this constitutional protection.
What is privacy?
Snowden was granted asylum and, eventually, citizenship by this country after leaving the United States.
What is Russia?
This secret NSA surveillance program, authorized after 9/11, included warrantless collection of phone and internet data.
What is STELLARWIND?
Much of the evidence against Slahi was obtained through these controversial interrogation methods later criticized by human rights groups.
What are enhanced interrogation techniques?
Adopted in 1998, this treaty established the International Criminal Court and gave it jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression.
What is the Rome Statute?
Rather than listening to conversations directly, the NSA often collected this type of information, such as phone numbers called and call durations.
What is metadata?
Snowden was charged under this law after leaking classified documents to journalists.
What is the Espionage Act?
In this Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that a U.S. citizen designated as an enemy combatant still had the right to challenge their detention before a neutral decision maker.
What is Hamdi v. Rumsfeld?