OARDEC
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Declaration of Stephen Abraham, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserve, June 14th, 2007

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Annual review boards continue: OARDEC teams review detainee status

The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants is responsible for running Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) for captives held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba and running annual Administrative Review Boards which make recommentations as to whether the USA needs to continue to hold captives deemed enemy combatants. annually reviewing whether those suspected terrorists detained by the Military of the United States still posed a threat. It is the follow-on to the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.¹²³⁴⁵

Most of the Guantanamo captives have had two Administrative Review Board hearings convened to review their continued detention.

On June 22, 2007, an appeal on behalf of Guantanamo captive Fawzi al-Odah contained an affidavit from Stephen Abraham, a lawyer and United States Army reserve officer, which was highly critical of OARDEC's procedures.⁶⁷ According to the Washington Post Abraham felt compelled to come forward after hearing his former boss, Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah call the Tribunal process "fair".

References

1. ^ Sridhar Krishnaswami (May 19, 2004). "Pentagon issues new norms for detenus", The Hindu. Retrieved on 25 January 2008. 
2. ^ Jess Bravin (June 21, 2004). "U.S. to Unveil Review System For Guantanamo Detainees", Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 25 January 2008. 
3. ^ Stuart Taylor Jr. (March 3, 2004). "'Enemy Combatants': Inching Toward Due Process", Atlantic magazine. Retrieved on 25 January 2008. 
4. ^ Christopher P. Cavas (June 28, 2004). "Roles Expand for U.S. Navy Secretary", Defense News. Retrieved on 25 January 2008. 
5. ^ "US to review Guantanamo prisoners", BBC (June 24, 2004). Retrieved on 25 January 2008. 
6. ^ Carol D. Leonnig, Josh White (June 23, 2007). "An Ex-Member Calls Detainee Panels Unfair: Lawyer Tells of Flawed 'Combatant' Rulings", Washington Post. Retrieved on 24 June 2007. 
7. ^ "Gitmo Panelist Slams Hearing Process: Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham Is First Member Of Military Panel To Challenge Guantanamo Bay Hearings", CBS (June 23,, 2007). Retrieved on 23 June 2007. 

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