Comrade
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Bullypulpit said:<blockquote><b>Q. Does the USA PATRIOT Act authorize detention of people as enemy combatants?</b>
A: No. Enemy combatant status, which essentially permits detention of enemy soldiers during hostilities, as opposed to detention under the criminal justice system, pre-dates 9/11, and was approved by the Hague and Geneva Conventions. Enemy combatant status was used to detain a U.S. citizen who attempted sabotage during World War II. Nothing in the USA PATRIOT Act addresses enemy combatants.</blockquote>
No, but the citizen in question was not detained as an enemy combatant. I thought you had already understood that.
He was detained under the proceedures authorized for US citizens per the Patriot act.