Yaser Esam Hamdi Esam Fouad Hamdi, as Next Friend of Yaser Esam Hamdi v. Donald Rumsfeld W.R. Paulette, Commander

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• holding that the judiciary’s deference to the political branches in “cases implicating sensitive matters of foreign policy, national security, or military affairs” extends to “detention [of enemy combatants] after capture on the field of battle”
• observing, in the post-September 11 context, that \government has no more profound responsibility than the protection of Americans ... against additional unprovoked attack\
• observing, in the post-September 11 context, that `government has no more profound responsibility than the protection of Americans ... against additional unprovoked attack'
• observing, in the post- Sep- tember 11 context, that \government has no more profound responsi- bility than the protection of Americans . . . against additional unprovoked attack\
• expressing concern that the June 11 order of the district court \does not consider what effect petitioner’s unmonitored access to counsel might have upon the government’s ongoing gathering of intelli- gence\
• Father filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus as next friend of his son, who is detained at the Norfolk Naval Station Brig as an alleged enemy combatant captured during ongoing military operations in Afghanistan.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).