The Liberty and Security Initiative of the Constitution Project has released its bipartisan Report on Post-9/11 Detentions (pdf). Signatories include: Co-chairs David Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union and David Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; and members, Morton Halperin, Director, Open Society Policy Center; Robert Levy, Cato Institute Constitutional Scholar; John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff, Clinton administration; William S. Sessions, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Paul Weyrich, Chairman and CEO, Free Congress Research and Education Foundation; John W. Whitehead, President, The Rutherford Institute. From the report's introduction:
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States government detained a large number of individuals for varying lengths of time, for differing reasons, and in many locations. Some were held for immigration or criminal law violations, some as material witnesses, and some as 'enemy combatants.'
In this report, the Liberty and Security Initiative of the Constitution Project sets out some basic principles regarding the legal basis for detentions and the legal rights of detainees. This report is not intended to be exhaustive, and does not provide a full summary of the law in this area. Instead, this report is meant to provide an overview of the relevant issues and set out the conclusions of the Initiative on those issues.
Read the rest of the Report on Post-9/11 Detentions here. Link courtesy of Joe Onek, via the In Defense of Freedom mailing list.