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{{Ed right|CSRT-Yes|standard intro}}The [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] asserted that: 
:''the protections of the [[Geneva Conventions]] did not extend to captured prisoners who are not members of the regular Afghan armed force nor meet the criteria for prisoner of war for voluntary forces.''<ref name=Bbc2002-01-21>  
{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1773140.stm
| title=Q&A: What next for Guantanamo prisoners?
| publisher=[[BBC News]]
| date=2002-01-21
| accessdate=2008-11-24
| quote=
}} [https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F1773140.stm&date=2008-11-24 mirror]
</ref> 
Critics argued the Conventions obliged the U.S. to conduct [[competent tribunal]]s to determine the status of prisoners. Subsequently, the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] instituted [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s (CSRTs), to determine whether detainees met the new definition of an "[[enemy combatant]]".  

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{{PAGENAME}}'s memo accused him of the following: </div><noinclude>{{Documentation|Wikipedia:WikiProject Terrorism/List of Templates/doc}}</noinclude>