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• Extrajudicial detention, U.S. [r]: Situations where the Executive Branch of the United States government has detained individuals without the authority of the judicial branch of government; there have been many cases going back to through the early history of the nation, sometimes during overt war, and, perhaps better known at present, directed against non-national threats. ^[e]
  • Extrajudicial detention, U.S., George W. Bush Administration [r]: Policies and practices relevant to detention in intelligence and military facilities, the latter when no prisoner of war status was granted ^[e]
  • Extrajudicial detention, U.S., Barack Obama Administration [r]: How the Barack Obama administration has approached the concept of extrajudicial detention. ^[e]

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Signatories to the Beyond Guantanamo petition

• Stephen Abraham [r]: Partner, Fink & Abraham LLP; lieutenant colonel, Military Intelligence, U.S. Army, retired; (Ret); Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; filed affidavit that the Combatant Status Review Tribunal was unfair ^[e]
• Morton Abramowitz [r]: Now a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation; former U.S. diplomat, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and International Crisis Group, and still influential in foreign policy; Board member, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea ^[e]
• Azizah al-Hibri [r]: Professor, The T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond; Liberty and Security committee, Constitution Project; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; President, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights ^[e]
• Dennis Archer [r]: Chairman of the Dickinson White law firm; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; President, American Bar Association, 2003-2004; Mayor, Detroit, 1994-2001; Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1986-1990 ^[e]
• J. Brian Atwood [r]: Dean, Humphrey Institute; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); head of transition team, State Department; former Under Secretary of State for Management; former Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard's JFK School; former Professor, Hamilton College; Director, Citizens International ^[e]
• Lourdes Baird [r]: Arbitrator/mediator; Signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1992-2005; United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1990-1992; Judge, Los Angeles Courts, 1986-1990; Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1977-1983 ^[e]
• William Banks [r]: Professor, Director, the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism; Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law; signed "Beyond Guantanamo" ^[e]
• Harry Barnes [r]: Foreign Service Officer; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; National Committee on North Korea; Council on Foreign Relations; Constitution Project death penalty initiative; American Academy of Diplomacy; American Association for the Advancement of Science International Advisory Committee; Asia Society Board of Trustees; Carter Center 1994-1998; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1981-1985; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1985-1988; U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1974-1977 ^[e]
• Bob Barr [r]: (1948-) is a former Republican party member of the United States House of Representatives (Georgia's 7th congressional district) from 1995-2003. In 2004, he left the Republican party and endorsed the Libertarian Party's ticket, formally joining in 2006; recommended columnist, American Conservative Union; board member, National Rifle Association ^[e]
• Richard Benedick [r]: Add brief definition or description President, National Council for Science and the Environment; Visiting Fellow, the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science Research Center), since 1995; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
• David Birenbaum [r]: Add brief definition or description Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; signed "Beyond Guantanamo";U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for UN Management and Reform, 1994-1996
• James Brady [r]: Add brief definition or description signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1977-1981
• David Brahms [r]: Add brief definition or description Practicing attorney; Brigadier General (Ret.), U.S. Marine Corps, 1963-1988, Legal Adviser, 1983-1988; Member, Board of Directors, Judge Advocates Association; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"
• Michael Bromwich [r]: Partner, Fried Frank; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1999; Associate Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra, 1987-1989; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1983-1987 ^[e]
• Christopher Bryant [r]: Add brief definition or description Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati; Assistant to the Senate Legal Counsel, 1997-1999
• Edward Cahn [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993-1998
• Barbara Caulfield [r]: Add brief definition or description Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1991-1994
• Steve Clemons [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jack Cloonan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phillip Cooper [r]: Add brief definition or description Professor, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University
• Edwin Corr [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Larry Craig [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Cullen [r]: Add brief definition or description Brigadier General (Ret.), U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps; Chief Judge (IMA), U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals; practicing lawyer
• Sandy D'Alemberte [r]: Add brief definition or description President, American Bar Association, 1991-1992
• John Dean [r]: Add brief definition or description Nixon White House Counsel, 1970-1973
• Michael Dettmer [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1994-2001
• W. Thomas Dillard [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Northern District of Florida, 1983-1987; United States Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1981; Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee,1967-1976 and 1978-1983; U.S. Magistrate, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1976-1978
• Mickey Edwards [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bruce Einhorn [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thomas B. Evans, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description Member of U.S. Congress (R-DE), 1977-1983; Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1971-1973; Chairman, The Evans Group, Ltd.; Founder, Florida Coalition for Preservation
• Bruce Fein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Eugene Fidell [r]: Add brief definition or description President, National Institute of Military Justice; Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
• Louis Fisher [r]: Add brief definition or description Specialist in Constitutional Law, Law Library, Library of Congress
• Sam Gardiner [r]: Add brief definition or description}} Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Air Force
• Michael German [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Gibbons [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Philip Giraldi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Daniel Goldstein [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1976-1982
• Barry Goldwater, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description, Member of U.S. Congress (R-CA), 1969-1983, Committee on Science and Technology, Committee on Public Works and Transportation, and the Joint Committee on Energy
• Melvin Goodman [r]: Add brief definition or description Senior Fellow, National Security Project, Center for International Policy
• Michael Greco [r]: Add brief definition or description President, American Bar Association, 2005-2006
• Robert Grey [r]: Add brief definition or description President, American Bar Association, 2004-2005
• Lee Gunn [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Don Guter [r]: Add brief definition or description Rear Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Navy, 1970-2002; Judge Advocate General, 2000-2002; President and Dean, South Texas College of Law
• William vanden Heuvel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Hirshon [r]: Add brief definition or description President, American Bar Association, 2001-2002
• Shirley Hufstedler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Hutson [r]: Add brief definition or description Rear Admiral (Ret.) United States Navy, 1973-2000; Judge Advocate General, 1997- 2000; President and Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center
• David Irvine [r]: Add brief definition or description Brigadier General (Ret.) U.S. Army; Former Deputy Commander, 96th Regional Readiness Command; former faculty member, Sixth U.S. Army Intelligence School, 18 years; former Legislator (R), Utah House of Representatives
• James R. Jones [r]: Add brief definition or description Member of U.S. Congress (D-OK), 1977-1987; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1993-1997
• Nathaniel Jones [r]: Add brief definition or description Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1979-2002; former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1962-1967
• Nicholas de B. Katzenbach [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Kay [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Keene [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Kimbrough [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1976-1981; Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1961-1965
• Ronald Knight [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Middle Georgia, 1974-1977
• Albert Konetzni [r]: Add brief definition or description Vice Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Navy, Deputy and Chief of Staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Commander, Submarine Group Seven (Yokosuka, Japan); Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Personnel Policy and Career Progression
• Miriam Krinsky [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1987-2002; Chief, Criminal Appellate Section, 1992-2002; Chief, General Crimes Section, 1991-1992; Chair, Solicitor General’s Appellate Working Group, 2000-2002
• Thomas Lambros [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1990-1995 and Judge, 1967-1995
• David Lawrence [r]: Add brief definition or description President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation; former Publisher, Miami Herald and Detroit Free Press
• James Lewis [r]: Add brief definition or description Director, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Timothy Lewis [r]: Add brief definition or description Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1992-1999; Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1991-1992; former Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania; former Assistant District Attorney, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Group, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP.
• William Lockhart [r]: Add brief definition or description Acting United States Attorney, District of Utah, 1974-1975; Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
• James Logan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gerard Martin [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1973-1978; Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 1970-1972
• Scott McConnell [r]: Add brief definition or description Editor-at-Large of The American Conservative
• Donald McHenry [r]: Add brief definition or description Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University;
• James McPherson [r]: Add brief definition or description Rear Admiral (Ret.), Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, 2004-2006
• Harry McPherson [r]: Add brief definition or description White House Counsel, 1965-1969
• Kenneth Mighell [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, 1977-1981; Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, 1961-1977
• Abner Mikva [r]: Add brief definition or description Member of U.S. Congress (D-IL), 1969-1973, 1975-1979; White House Counsel, Clinton administration; Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1979-1994
• David C. Miller, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description Special Assistant to the President, National Security Affairs, National Security Council for President George H. W. Bush, 1989-1990; U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1984-1986; to Tanzania, 1981-1984
• Melvyn Montano [r]: Add brief definition or description Major General (Ret.) U.S. Air National Guard, 1954-1999
• Alberto Mora [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Murrian [r]: Add brief definition or description Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1978-2002
• William Nash [r]: Add brief definition or description Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army
• James Neal [r]: Add brief definition or description Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, 1961-1964; United States Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee l964-l966; Chief Trial Counsel, Watergate Special Prosecution Force l973- l975; Chief Counsel, Senate Select Committee to Study Undercover Operations of the Department of Justice, 1982
• William Neukom [r]: Add brief definition or description President, American Bar Association, 2008-2009
• Grover Norquist [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard O’Meara [r]: Add brief definition or description Brigadier General (Ret.) U.S. Army, 1967-2002; Professor, Rutgers University-Newark and Richard Stockton College; Adjunct Faculty, Defense Institute of International Legal Studies
• Stephen Orlofsky [r]: Add brief definition or description Partner, Blank Rome LLP; District Judge, 1996-2003, and U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of New Jersey, 1976-1980
• Michael Ostrolenk [r]: Add brief definition or description National Director of the Liberty Coalition; Founder and National Coordinator, Medical Privacy Coalition; President and Co-Founder, American Conservative Defense Alliance
• Charles Otstot [r]: Add brief definition or description, Lieutenant General (Ret.) U.S. Army; Infantryman Command of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), 1988-1990; Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, 1990-1992
• Pete Peterson [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thomas Pickering [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Redding Pitt [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Middle Alabama, 1993-2000
• George Proctor [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Eastern Arkansas, 1979-1987
• Anthony Quainton [r]: Add brief definition or description U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, 1984-1987; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, American University
• Frank Razzano [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant United States Attorney, 1975-1978; Assistant Chief Trial Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1978-1982; Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Law School; Defense counsel for a Guantanamo detainee
• James Reynolds [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Northern District of Iowa, 1976-1982; United States Attorney, South Dakota by Special Appointment of United States Attorney General, 1978-1979; Section Director, United States Attorney General's Advocacy School, 1979
• Jose de Jesus Rivera [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Arizona, 1998-2001
• James Robinson [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2001; United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1977-1980
• Richard Rossman [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of Staff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-1999; United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1981; Chief Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1977-1980; Chief Deputy Federal Defender, Eastern District of Michigan, 1972-1975
• William Ruckelshaus [r]: Add brief definition or description Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1973; acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1973; Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973; Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group; Chairman, the Puget Sound Partnership
• Murray Sagsveen [r]: Add brief definition or description Brigadier General (Ret.) U.S. Army; Staff Judge Advocate for the State Area Command, Special Assistant to the National Guard Bureau Judge Advocate, Army National Guard Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General of the Army; General Counsel, American Academy of Neurology
• Stephen Saltzburg [r]: Add brief definition or description Attorney General's ex-officio Representative, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1989-1990; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1988-1989
• Donald Santarelli [r]: Add brief definition or description Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice, 1973-1974; Associate Deputy Attorney General, 1969-1972; Special Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee on Constitutional Rights, 1968-1969; Minority Counsel, U.S. House Judiciary Committee, 1967-1968; Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 1966-1967
• H. Lee Sarokin [r]: Add brief definition or description Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1994-1996; Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1979-1994
• Daniel Seikaly [r]: Add brief definition or description Chief of the Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, 2001-2004; Associate Inspector General for Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, 1998-2001; Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1998
• William Sessions [r]: Add brief definition or description Director of the FBI, 1987-1993; Chief Judge, 1980-1987, and Judge, 1974-1987, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; United States Attorney, Western District of Texas, 1971-1974
• Jerome Shestack [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Earl Silbert [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard Sobel [r]: Add brief definition or description Visiting Scholar, Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University; founding Director of the Cyber Privacy Project
• Neal Sonnett [r]: Add brief definition or description Chair, American Bar Association Task Force on Treatment of Enemy Combatants and Task Force on Domestic Surveillance in the Fight Against Terrorism
• Nancy Soderberg [r]: Add brief definition or description former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Ambassador and Alternate Representative to the United Nations
• Theodore Sorensen [r]: Add brief definition or description White House Counsel, 1961-1963
• Thomas Sullivan [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1977-1981; Former Co-Chair of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment, 2000-2008
• John Tate [r]: Add brief definition or description President, Campaign for Liberty
• Charles Tiefer [r]: Add brief definition or description General Counsel (Acting) 1993-1994, Solicitor and Deputy General Counsel, 1984-1995, U.S. House of Representatives
• Joshua Treem [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1973-1978
• James Tucke [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Southern Mississippi, 2001 - 2001
• Dane von Breichenruchardt [r]: Add brief definition or description President, U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation
• Colby Vokey [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Patricia Wald [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edward Warin [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1977-1981
• Alexander Watson [r]: Add brief definition or description Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 1993-1996; U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1989-1993; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1986-1989
• Dan Webb [r]: Add brief definition or description, United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1981-1985
• H. Thomas Wells, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description, President, American Bar Association, 2009-2010
• James West [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1985-1993; First Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1982-1985; Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Director of the Office of Criminal Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania DOJ,1979-1982; Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, Chief of the Appellate Section, 1974-1979
• Daniel Wherry [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, District of Nebraska, 1975-1978
• John Whitehead [r]: Add brief definition or description President, The Rutherford Institute
• Lawrence Wilkerson [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roger Wilkins [r]: Add brief definition or description Clarence J. Robinson Professor Emeritus of History and American Culture,George Mason University; Director of U.S. Community Relations Service, Johnson administration, 1964-1966
• William Wilmoth [r]: Add brief definition or description United States Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia, 1993-1999
• Stephen Xenakis [r]: Add brief definition or description