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Memorandum for Distribution

Subj:	Implementation of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Procedures for Enemy Combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Ref:	Deputy Secretary of Defense Order of July 7, 2004 Convening Authority Appointment Letter of July 9, 2004
Encl:	Combatant Status Review Tribunal Process Recorder Qualifications, Roles and Responsibilities Personal Representative Qualifications, Roles and Responsibilities Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notice to Detainees Sample Detainee Election Form Sample Nomination Questionnaire Sample Appointment Letter for Combatant Status Review Tribunal Panel Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing Guide Combatant Status Review Tribunal Decision Report Cover Sheet

1. Introduction

By reference (a), the Secretary of Defense has established a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) process to determine, in a fact-based proceeding, whether the individuals detained by the Department of Defense at the U. S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are properly classified as enemy combatants and to permit each detainee the opportunity to contest such designation. The Secretary of the Navy has been appointed to operate and oversee this process.

The Combatant Status Review Tribunal process provides a detainee: the assistance of a Personal Representative; and interpreter if necessary; an opportunity to review unclassified information relating to the basis for his detention; the opportunity to appear personally to present reasonably available information to why he should not be classified as an enemy combatant; the opportunity to question witnesses testifying at the Tribunal; and, to the extent they are