Military Interrogation of Alien Unlawful Combatants
The President's Commander-in-Chief Authority
achieved an unprecedented level of destruction.
capture and interrogation of al Qaeda operatives is imperative to our national security and defense
President with the primary responsibility, and therefore the power, to protect the security of the United States
Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause is inapplicable to the conduct of interrogations of alien enemy.combatants
Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause "was designed to protect those convicted of crimes.
we will not read a statute to create constitutional problems
customary intemational law cannot impose a standard that differs from
U.S. obligations.
customary
international law is not federal law and that the President is free to
override it at his discretion.
