Al Bahlul v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.3d 1 · 2014
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 821 · 10 U.S.C. § 904 · 18 U.S.C. § 2332 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 373
Relies on United States v. Olano · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Wainwright v. Sykes · Landgraf v. USI Film Products · Puckett v. United States
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“a.traveled to Afghanistan with the purpose and intent of joining al Qaeda; b. met with Saif al ‘Adi, the head of the al Qaeda Security Committee, as a step toward joining the al Qaeda organization; c. underwent military-type training at an al Qaeda sponsored training camp then located in Afghanistan near Mes Aynak; d. pledged fealty, or "bayat,” to the leader of al Qaeda, Usama bin Laden, joined al Qaeda, and provided personal services in support of al Qaeda; e. prepared and assisted in the preparation of various propaganda products, including the video "The Destruction of the American Destroyer U.S:S. Cole,” to solicit material support for al Qaeda, to recruit and indoctrinate personnel to the organization and objectives of al Qaeda, and to solicit, incite and advise persons to commit Terrorism; f. acted as personal secretary and media secretary of Usama bin Laden in support of al Qaeda; g. arranged for Muhammed Atta, also known as Abu Abdul Rahman al Masri, and Ziad al Jarrah, also known as Abu al Qa'qa al Lubnani, to pledge fealty, or "bayat,” to Usama bin Laden; h. prepared the propaganda declarations styled as martyr wills of Muhammed Atta and Ziad al Jarrah in preparation for the acts of terrorism perpetrated by the said Muhammed Atta, Ziad al Jar-rah and others at various locations in the United States on September 11,-2001; i. , at the direction of Usama bin Laden, researched the economic effect of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, and provided the ”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[International law is not the product of an international legislature, and ... international agreements ... have to deal with general principles of law.... The law of war is to be found not only in treaties, but in the customs and practices of states which gradually obtained universal recognition, and from the general principles of justice applied by jurists and practiced by military courts. This law is not static, but by continual adaptation follows the needs of a changing world.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“); Lamar v. United States, 240 U.S. 60, 65 , 36 S.Ct. 255 , 60 L;Ed. 526 (1916) (“The objection that the indictment does not charge a crime against the United States goes only to the merits of the case.”); see also United States v. Delgado-Garcia, 374 F.3d 1337, 1342-43 (D.C.Cir.2004) (explaining limits of so-called “Black- ledge/Menna” exception [right”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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