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• TRANSFER OF DETAINEES COMPLETED 28 Oct 2003 -- The Department of Defense announced today that it released four detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Oct. 26, 2002.
• DOD RESPONDS TO ABA ENEMY COMBATANT REPORT 02 Oct 2002 -- Department of Defense General Counsel William J. Haynes II last week asserted the president's authority to detain enemy combatants in reponse to an American Bar Association report critical of the policy.

• Transcript: Background Briefing on Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Department of Defense 13 September 2002 -- A transcript that discusses the nature of terrorist connections and the extent to which activity is ongoing in the international environment, and the concern, then, that spawns as one thinks about terrorism, the role for states that sponsor terrorism who also have weapons of mass destruction programs, and the kinds of relationships that might arise between and among them.

• ATTACKS: U-S LIBERTIES 28 August 2002 -- Following last September's terrorist attacks, the U-S government launched the largest criminal investigation in history. Hundreds of non-citizens were detained and thousands of other immigrants were questioned as investigators sought to prevent another attack.
• TERROR/INDICTMENT 28 August 2002 -- A federal grand jury in Detroit (Michigan) has indicted five Muslim men of Middle Eastern origin on charges of conspiring to support to terrorist attacks in the United States and in Jordan and Turkey.
• Justice Department Reviewing Appeals Court Ruling on Deportation Cases Washington File 28 August 2002 -- The Department of Justice released a statement August 27, 2003 saying it is reviewing a decision by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati that stated that the Justice Department's guidelines regarding which immigration proceedings should be closed are too broad.
• DOD ANNOUNCES BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE HOMELAND SECURITY INITIATIVE 27 Aug 2002 -- The Department of Defense announced today that the deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for chemical and biological defense is initiating a new program to support homeland security called the Biological Defense Homeland Security Support Program.

• MOUSSAOUI HEARING VOA 18 July 2002 -- A U-S federal judge has refused to allow the only person charged in connection with last September's terrorists attacks to enter a guilty plea in connection with a new criminal indictment against him. A court appearance by French national Zacarias Moussaoui Thursday led to another unruly argument between the judge and the man who authorities accuse of being the 20th hijacker.

• SECRETARY RUMSFELD ANNOUNCES MILITARY COMMISSION RULES 21 Mar 2002 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld today outlined the structure of wartime military commissions, the judicial panels ordered by President Bush to try suspected international terrorists. This announcement followed in-depth consultation with military leadership, the Defense Department's general counsel and members of various civilian legal communities.