Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy

Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy is the title of the second report published by a legal team lead by Professor Mark P. Denbeaux, based on documents the US Department of Defense about the captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Joshua Denbeaux, Mark Denbeaux's son, represents two of the captives, with his father, in presenting their writ of habeas corpus, as well as being a co-author of the reports. The other co-authors are eight law students: David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner.

Executive Summary

*The report's Executive Summary identifies the different agencies within the United States Government which have published official lists of organizations identified with, or suspected of, an association with terrorism.
*The report's Executive Summary then establishes that the detention of many Guantanamo captives was justified based on a suspicion of association with organizations that were not on those official lists.
*The report's Executive Summary points out that membership in the organization intelligence analysts used to justify their continued detention would not have prevented the captives from getting a visa, and visiting the USA.
*The final point in the report's Executive Summary states:
:"This inconsistency leads to one of two equally alarming conclusions: either the State Department is allowing persons who are members of terrorist groups into the country or the Defense Department bases the continuing detention of the alleged enemy combatants on a false premise."

The extra organizations the DoD suspects

The report contains an appendix entitled: "Defense Department list of terrorist organizations other than the Taliban or al Qaeda"

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