2006.10.19 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) MCA USDC D.D.C. -- [In re Alien Detainee Cases], lead dkt. No. 02-CV-0299 October 18, 2006 [GOVERNMENT'S] NOTICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006 http://www.pegc.us/archive/DC_Gitmo_Cases_JHG/gov_MCA_notice_20061018.pdf * This has a list of all cases in the D.D.C. which the government believes are subject to the jurisdiction-stripping provisions of the MCA... 196 cases total. Federal Register -- SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF PUBLIC LAWS Update for October 18, 2006 The Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, has assigned law numbers to the following bill(s) approved by the President: [...] S. 3930 / Public Law 109-366 Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Oct. 17, 2006; 120 Stat. 2600; 38 pages) http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/laws/109th/354-366.txt HRW -- Q AND A: MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006 http://hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/qna1006/ Human Rights First -- HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST OPPOSES MILITARY COMMISSIONS LEGISLATION http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/index.asp PEGC -- [2006.10.18 draft] MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006 Edited by Charles Gittings * This is an attempt to show the damn thing in the context of the various laws it attempts to modify. Not sure how well I did... so by all means, feel free to sit down with a copy of the bill and proof-read it (a sure-fire cure for insomia if ever there was one!). Corrections and/or suggested improvments welcome. At any rate, this has ALL of the changes in context except for trivial updates to TOCs in the UCMJ, oganized by subject matter... UCMJ, DTA, Habeas Statute, and War Crimes Act basically; for convenient reference hopefully. PDF: http://www.pegc.us/MCA/MCA_in_Context.pdf DOC: http://www.pegc.us/MCA/MCA_in_Context.doc Los Angeles Times -- October 18, 2006 LAW'S REACH EXTENDS TO JAILS IN U.S. The curbing of habeas corpus protections for 'enemy combatants' can now occur domestically. Many say the measure won't survive court tests. By David G. Savage http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-habeas18oct18,0,1856058.story Boston Globe -- October 18, 2006 BATTLES BREWING ON TORTURE, DETAINEES Bush signs, hails rules; foes vow legal challenge By Farah Stockman and Charlie Savage http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/18/battles_brewing_on_torture_detainees/ * Highlights of the MCA: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/10/18/highlights_of_the_act/ 2) DROP BY DROP: REVISED DRAFT Evan Wallach sent a revised draft of his terrific new paper on water-boarding, forthcoming soon in The Columbia Journal of Transnational Law... ROUGH DRAFT (October 16, 2006) DROP BY DROP: FORGETTING THE HISTORY OF WATER TORTURE IN U.S. COURTS By Evan Wallach http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/wallach_drop_by_drop_draft_20061016.pdf 3) OP-ED JURIST -- October 16, 2006 SUSPENDING AND USING HABEAS CORPUS: THE VIEW FROM 1689 By Paul Halliday http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/10/suspending-and-using-habeas-corpus.php * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.pegc.us Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California cbgittingsyahoo.com cbgpegc.us +1-707-964-2151