From: "Geo." 

Um no, these are the words of Jefferson
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1520.htm

find anything official (as in terminology used by government or a court)
written prior to 2001 that uses the term "enemy combatants", it
doesn't exist.

Given the choice today of trusting bush to do the right thing with gitmo or
trusting jefferson, I think I'll take jefferson hands down.

Geo.

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> The Tripoli pirates that were summarily dispatched by Teddy R would be but
> one example.  They were enemy combatants and illegal enemy combatants.
> They were just as dead, without trial, indictment, or other criminal law
> constitutional applications.  A rose by any other name....
>
> Gary

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