The US Military Held an American as an Enemy Combatant for Over a Year. Here’s What That Means.
By Katie Bo Williams Senior National Security Correspondent Read bio
October 31, 2018
The case could have upended the entire war on ISIS. Instead, it’s changing how we treat some detainees.
For 13 months, the U.S. military held an American citizen known only as “John Doe†in custody in Iraq as a suspected ISIS member.
The case had the potential to answer a controversial question that has bedeviled the past two administrations: Does the current congressional authorization for the use of military force cover the fight against the Islamic State?
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