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FR Doc. E9-1895 Review of Detention Policy Options
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
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                Executive Order 13493 of January 22, 2009

                
Review of Detention Policy Options

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, in order to develop policies for the 
                detention, trial, transfer, release, or other 
                disposition of individuals captured or apprehended in 
                connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism 
                operations that are consistent with the national 
                security and foreign policy interests of the United 
                States and the interests of justice, I hereby order as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Special Interagency Task Force on Detainee 
                Disposition. 

                     (a) Establishment of Special Interagency Task 
                Force. There shall be established a Special Task Force 
                on Detainee Disposition (Special Task Force) to 
                identify lawful options for the disposition of 
                individuals captured or apprehended in connection with 
                armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations.
                    (b) Membership. The Special Task Force shall 
                consist of the following members, or their designees:

  (i) the Attorney General, who shall serve as Co-Chair;

  (ii) the Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as Co-Chair;

  (iii) the Secretary of State;

  (iv) the Secretary of Homeland Security;

  (v) the Director of National Intelligence;

  (vi) the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

  (vii) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and

  (viii) other officers or full-time or permanent part-time employees of 
the United States, as determined by either of the Co-Chairs, with the 
concurrence of the head of the department or agency concerned.

                    (c) Staff. Either Co-Chair may designate officers 
                and employees within their respective departments to 
                serve as staff to support the Special Task Force. At 
                the request of the Co-Chairs, officers and employees 
                from other departments or agencies may serve on the 
                Special Task Force with the concurrence of the heads of 
                the departments or agencies that employ such 
                individuals. Such staff must be officers or full-time 
                or permanent part-time employees of the United States. 
                The Co-Chairs shall jointly select an officer or 
                employee of the Department of Justice or Department of 
                Defense to serve as the Executive Secretary of the 
                Special Task Force.
                    (d) Operation. The Co-Chairs shall convene meetings 
                of the Special Task Force, determine its agenda, and 
                direct its work. The Co-Chairs may establish and direct 
                subgroups of the Special Task Force, consisting 
                exclusively of members of the Special Task Force, to 
                deal with particular subjects.
                    (e) Mission. The mission of the Special Task Force 
                shall be to conduct a comprehensive review of the 
                lawful options available to the Federal Government with 
                respect to the apprehension, detention, trial, 
                transfer, release, or other disposition of individuals 
                captured or apprehended in connection with armed 
                conflicts and counterterrorism operations, and to 
                identify such options as are consistent with the 
                national security and foreign policy interests of the 
                United States and the interests of justice.

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                    (f) Administration. The Special Task Force shall be 
                established for administrative purposes within the 
                Department of Justice, and the Department of Justice 
                shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, provide 
                administrative support and funding for the Special Task 
                Force.
                    (g) Report. The Special Task Force shall provide a 
                report to the President, through the Assistant to the 
                President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel 
                to the President, on the matters set forth in 
                subsection (d) within 180 days of the date of this 
                order unless the Co-Chairs determine that an extension 
                is necessary, and shall provide periodic preliminary 
                reports during those 180 days.
                    (h) Termination. The Co-Chairs shall terminate the 
                Special Task Force upon the completion of its duties.

                Sec. 2. General Provisions.

                    (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
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FR Doc. E9-1893 Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained At the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities
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                Executive Order 13492 of January 22, 2009

                
Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained At 
                the Guant[aacute]namo Bay Naval Base and Closure of 
                Detention Facilities

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition 
                of individuals currently detained by the Department of 
                Defense at the Guant[aacute]namo Bay Naval Base 
                (Guant[aacute]namo) and promptly to close detention 
                facilities at Guant[aacute]namo, consistent with the 
                national security and foreign policy interests of the 
                United States and the interests of justice, I hereby 
                order as follows:

                Section 1. Definitions. As used in this order:

                    (a) ``Common Article 3'' means Article 3 of each of 
                the Geneva Conventions.
                    (b) ``Geneva Conventions'' means:

  (i) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded 
and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3114);

  (ii) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, 
Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 
3217);

  (iii) the Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 
August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3316); and

  (iv) the Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in 
Time of War, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3516).

                    (c) ``Individuals currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo'' and ``individuals covered by this 
                order'' mean individuals currently detained by the 
                Department of Defense in facilities at the 
                Guant[aacute]namo Bay Naval Base whom the Department of 
                Defense has ever determined to be, or treated as, enemy 
                combatants.

                Sec. 2. Findings.

                    (a) Over the past 7 years, approximately 800 
                individuals whom the Department of Defense has ever 
                determined to be, or treated as, enemy combatants have 
                been detained at Guant[aacute]namo. The Federal 
                Government has moved more than 500 such detainees from 
                Guant[aacute]namo, either by returning them to their 
                home country or by releasing or transferring them to a 
                third country. The Department of Defense has determined 
                that a number of the individuals currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo are eligible for such transfer or 
                release.
                    (b) Some individuals currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo have been there for more than 6 
                years, and most have been detained for at least 4 
                years. In view of the significant concerns raised by 
                these detentions, both within the United States and 
                internationally, prompt and appropriate disposition of 
                the individuals currently detained at Guant[aacute]namo 
                and closure of the facilities in which they are 
                detained would further the national security and 
                foreign policy interests of the United States and the 
                interests of justice. Merely closing the facilities 
                without promptly determining the appropriate 
                disposition of the individuals detained would not 
                adequately serve those interests. To the extent 
                practicable, the prompt and appropriate disposition of 
                the individuals detained at Guant[aacute]namo should 
                precede the closure of the detention facilities at 
                Guant[aacute]namo.
                    (c) The individuals currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo have the constitutional privilege of 
                the writ of habeas corpus. Most of those individuals

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                have filed petitions for a writ of habeas corpus in 
                Federal court challenging the lawfulness of their 
                detention.
                    (d) It is in the interests of the United States 
                that the executive branch undertake a prompt and 
                thorough review of the factual and legal bases for the 
                continued detention of all individuals currently held 
                at Guant[aacute]namo, and of whether their continued 
                detention is in the national security and foreign 
                policy interests of the United States and in the 
                interests of justice. The unusual circumstances 
                associated with detentions at Guant[aacute]namo require 
                a comprehensive interagency review.
                    (e) New diplomatic efforts may result in an 
                appropriate disposition of a substantial number of 
                individuals currently detained at Guant[aacute]namo.
                    (f) Some individuals currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo may have committed offenses for which 
                they should be prosecuted. It is in the interests of 
                the United States to review whether and how any such 
                individuals can and should be prosecuted.
                    (g) It is in the interests of the United States 
                that the executive branch conduct a prompt and thorough 
                review of the circumstances of the individuals 
                currently detained at Guant[aacute]namo who have been 
                charged with offenses before military commissions 
                pursuant to the Military Commissions Act of 2006, 
                Public Law 109-366, as well as of the military 
                commission process more generally.

                Sec. 3. Closure of Detention Facilities at 
                Guant[aacute]namo. The detention facilities at 
                Guant[aacute]namo for individuals covered by this order 
                shall be closed as soon as practicable, and no later 
                than 1 year from the date of this order. If any 
                individuals covered by this order remain in detention 
                at Guant[aacute]namo at the time of closure of those 
                detention facilities, they shall be returned to their 
                home country, released, transferred to a third country, 
                or transferred to another United States detention 
                facility in a manner consistent with law and the 
                national security and foreign policy interests of the 
                United States.

                Sec. 4. Immediate Review of All Guant[aacute]namo 
                Detentions.

                    (a) Scope and Timing of Review. A review of the 
                status of each individual currently detained at 
                Guant[aacute]namo (Review) shall commence immediately.
                    (b) Review Participants. The Review shall be 
                conducted with the full cooperation and participation 
                of the following officials:

  (1) the Attorney General, who shall coordinate the Review;

  (2) the Secretary of Defense;

  (3) the Secretary of State;

  (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security;

  (5) the Director of National Intelligence;

  (6) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and

  (7) other officers or full-time or permanent part-time employees of the 
United States, including employees with intelligence, counterterrorism, 
military, and legal expertise, as determined by the Attorney General, with 
the concurrence of the head of the department or agency concerned.

                    (c) Operation of Review. The duties of the Review 
                participants shall include the following:

  (1) Consolidation of Detainee Information. The Attorney General shall, to 
the extent reasonably practicable, and in coordination with the other 
Review participants, assemble all information in the possession of the 
Federal Government that pertains to any individual currently detained at 
Guant[aacute]namo and that is relevant to determining the proper 
disposition of any such individual. All executive branch departments and 
agencies shall promptly comply with any request of the Attorney General to 
provide information in their possession or control pertaining to any such 
individual. The Attorney General may seek further information relevant to 
the Review from any source.

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  (2) Determination of Transfer. The Review shall determine, on a rolling 
basis and as promptly as possible with respect to the individuals currently 
detained at Guant[aacute]namo, whether it is possible to transfer or 
release the individuals consistent with the national security and foreign 
policy interests of the United States and, if so, whether and how the 
Secretary of Defense may effect their transfer or release. The Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of State, and, as appropriate, other Review 
participants shall work to effect promptly the release or transfer of all 
individuals for whom release or transfer is possible.

  (3) Determination of Prosecution. In accordance with United States law, 
the cases of individuals detained at Guant[aacute]namo not approved for 
release or transfer shall be evaluated to determine whether the Federal 
Government should seek to prosecute the detained individuals for any 
offenses they may have committed, including whether it is feasible to 
prosecute such individuals before a court established pursuant to Article 
III of the United States Constitution, and the Review participants shall in 
turn take the necessary and appropriate steps based on such determinations.

  (4) Determination of Other Disposition. With respect to any individuals 
currently detained at Guant[aacute]namo whose disposition is not achieved 
under paragraphs (2) or (3) of this subsection, the Review shall select 
lawful means, consistent with the national security and foreign policy 
interests of the United States and the interests of justice, for the 
disposition of such individuals. The appropriate authorities shall promptly 
implement such dispositions.

  (5) Consideration of Issues Relating to Transfer to the United States. 
The Review shall identify and consider legal, logistical, and security 
issues relating to the potential transfer of individuals currently detained 
at Guant[aacute]namo to facilities within the United States, and the Review 
participants shall work with the Congress on any legislation that may be 
appropriate.

                Sec. 5. Diplomatic Efforts. The Secretary of State 
                shall expeditiously pursue and direct such negotiations 
                and diplomatic efforts with foreign governments as are 
                necessary and appropriate to implement this order.

                Sec. 6. Humane Standards of Confinement. No individual 
                currently detained at Guant[aacute]namo shall be held 
                in the custody or under the effective control of any 
                officer, employee, or other agent of the United States 
                Government, or at a facility owned, operated, or 
                controlled by a department or agency of the United 
                States, except in conformity with all applicable laws 
                governing the conditions of such confinement, including 
                Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. The 
                Secretary of Defense shall immediately undertake a 
                review of the conditions of detention at 
                Guant[aacute]namo to ensure full compliance with this 
                directive. Such review shall be completed within 30 
                days and any necessary corrections shall be implemented 
                immediately thereafter.

                Sec. 7. Military Commissions. The Secretary of Defense 
                shall immediately take steps sufficient to ensure that 
                during the pendency of the Review described in section 
                4 of this order, no charges are sworn, or referred to a 
                military commission under the Military Commissions Act 
                of 2006 and the Rules for Military Commissions, and 
                that all proceedings of such military commissions to 
                which charges have been referred but in which no 
                judgment has been rendered, and all proceedings pending 
                in the United States Court of Military Commission 
                Review, are halted.

                Sec. 8. General Provisions.

                    (a) Nothing in this order shall prejudice the 
                authority of the Secretary of Defense to determine the 
                disposition of any detainees not covered by this order.
                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
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FR Doc. E9-1885 Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
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Executive Order 13491--Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

Executive Order 13492--Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained 
at the Guant[aacute]namo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention 
Facilities

Executive Order 13493--Review of Detention Policy Options

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13491 of January 22, 2009

                
Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

                By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
                the laws of the United States of America, in order to 
                improve the effectiveness of human intelligence-
                gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane 
                treatment of individuals in United States custody and 
                of United States personnel who are detained in armed 
                conflicts, to ensure compliance with the treaty 
                obligations of the United States, including the Geneva 
                Conventions, and to take care that the laws of the 
                United States are faithfully executed, I hereby order 
                as follows:

                Section 1. Revocation. Executive Order 13440 of July 
                20, 2007, is revoked. All executive directives, orders, 
                and regulations inconsistent with this order, including 
                but not limited to those issued to or by the Central 
                Intelligence Agency (CIA) from September 11, 2001, to 
                January 20, 2009, concerning detention or the 
                interrogation of detained individuals, are revoked to 
                the extent of their inconsistency with this order. 
                Heads of departments and agencies shall take all 
                necessary steps to ensure that all directives, orders, 
                and regulations of their respective departments or 
                agencies are consistent with this order. Upon request, 
                the Attorney General shall provide guidance about which 
                directives, orders, and regulations are inconsistent 
                with this order.

                Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:

                    (a) ``Army Field Manual 2-22.3'' means FM 2-22.3, 
                Human Intelligence Collector Operations, issued by the 
                Department of the Army on September 6, 2006.
                    (b) ``Army Field Manual 34-52'' means FM 34-52, 
                Intelligence Interrogation, issued by the Department of 
                the Army on May 8, 1987.
                    (c) ``Common Article 3'' means Article 3 of each of 
                the Geneva Conventions.
                    (d) ``Convention Against Torture'' means the 
                Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 
                Degrading Treatment or Punishment, December 10, 1984, 
                1465 U.N.T.S. 85, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20 (1988).
                    (e) ``Geneva Conventions'' means:

  (i) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded 
and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3114);

  (ii) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, 
Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 
3217);

  (iii) the Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 
August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3316); and

  (iv) the Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in 
Time of War, August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3516).

                    (f) ``Treated humanely,'' ``violence to life and 
                person,'' ``murder of all kinds,'' ``mutilation,'' 
                ``cruel treatment,'' ``torture,'' ``outrages upon 
                personal dignity,'' and ``humiliating and degrading 
                treatment'' refer to, and have the same meaning as, 
                those same terms in Common Article 3.
                    (g) The terms ``detention facilities'' and 
                ``detention facility'' in section 4(a) of this order do 
                not refer to facilities used only to hold people on a 
                short-term, transitory basis.

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                Sec. 3. Standards and Practices for Interrogation of 
                Individuals in the Custody or Control of the United 
                States in Armed Conflicts.

                    (a) Common Article 3 Standards as a Minimum 
                Baseline. Consistent with the requirements of the 
                Federal torture statute, 18 U.S.C. 2340-2340A, section 
                1003 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 
                2000dd, the Convention Against Torture, Common Article 
                3, and other laws regulating the treatment and 
                interrogation of individuals detained in any armed 
                conflict, such persons shall in all circumstances be 
                treated humanely and shall not be subjected to violence 
                to life and person (including murder of all kinds, 
                mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture), nor to 
                outrages upon personal dignity (including humiliating 
                and degrading treatment), whenever such individuals are 
                in the custody or under the effective control of an 
                officer, employee, or other agent of the United States 
                Government or detained within a facility owned, 
                operated, or controlled by a department or agency of 
                the United States.
                    (b) Interrogation Techniques and Interrogation-
                Related Treatment. Effective immediately, an individual 
                in the custody or under the effective control of an 
                officer, employee, or other agent of the United States 
                Government, or detained within a facility owned, 
                operated, or controlled by a department or agency of 
                the United States, in any armed conflict, shall not be 
                subjected to any interrogation technique or approach, 
                or any treatment related to interrogation, that is not 
                authorized by and listed in Army Field Manual 2-22.3 
                (Manual). Interrogation techniques, approaches, and 
                treatments described in the Manual shall be implemented 
                strictly in accord with the principles, processes, 
                conditions, and limitations the Manual prescribes. 
                Where processes required by the Manual, such as a 
                requirement of approval by specified Department of 
                Defense officials, are inapposite to a department or an 
                agency other than the Department of Defense, such a 
                department or agency shall use processes that are 
                substantially equivalent to the processes the Manual 
                prescribes for the Department of Defense. Nothing in 
                this section shall preclude the Federal Bureau of 
                Investigation, or other Federal law enforcement 
                agencies, from continuing to use authorized, non-
                coercive techniques of interrogation that are designed 
                to elicit voluntary statements and do not involve the 
                use of force, threats, or promises.
                    (c) Interpretations of Common Article 3 and the 
                Army Field Manual. From this day forward, unless the 
                Attorney General with appropriate consultation provides 
                further guidance, officers, employees, and other agents 
                of the United States Government may, in conducting 
                interrogations, act in reliance upon Army Field Manual 
                2-22.3, but may not, in conducting interrogations, rely 
                upon any interpretation of the law governing 
                interrogation--including interpretations of Federal 
                criminal laws, the Convention Against Torture, Common 
                Article 3, Army Field Manual 2-22.3, and its 
                predecessor document, Army Field Manual 34-52--issued 
                by the Department of Justice between September 11, 
                2001, and January 20, 2009.

                Sec. 4. Prohibition of Certain Detention Facilities, 
                and Red Cross Access to Detained Individuals.

                    (a) CIA Detention. The CIA shall close as 
                expeditiously as possible any detention facilities that 
                it currently operates and shall not operate any such 
                detention facility in the future.
                    (b) International Committee of the Red Cross Access 
                to Detained Individuals. All departments and agencies 
                of the Federal Government shall provide the 
                International Committee of the Red Cross with 
                notification of, and timely access to, any individual 
                detained in any armed conflict in the custody or under 
                the effective control of an officer, employee, or other 
                agent of the United States Government or detained 
                within a facility owned, operated, or controlled by a 
                department or agency of the United States Government, 
                consistent with Department of Defense regulations and 
                policies.

                Sec. 5. Special Interagency Task Force on Interrogation 
                and Transfer Policies.

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                    (a) Establishment of Special Interagency Task 
                Force. There shall be established a Special Task Force 
                on Interrogation and Transfer Policies (Special Task 
                Force) to review interrogation and transfer policies.
                    (b) Membership. The Special Task Force shall 
                consist of the following members, or their designees:

  (i) the Attorney General, who shall serve as Chair;

  (ii) the Director of National Intelligence, who shall serve as Co-Vice-
Chair;

  (iii) the Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as Co-Vice-Chair;

  (iv) the Secretary of State;

  (v) the Secretary of Homeland Security;

  (vi) the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

  (vii) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and

  (viii) other officers or full-time or permanent part-time employees of 
the United States, as determined by the Chair, with the concurrence of the 
head of the department or agency concerned.

                    (c) Staff. The Chair may designate officers and 
                employees within the Department of Justice to serve as 
                staff to support the Special Task Force. At the request 
                of the Chair, officers and employees from other 
                departments or agencies may serve on the Special Task 
                Force with the concurrence of the head of the 
                department or agency that employ such individuals. Such 
                staff must be officers or full-time or permanent part-
                time employees of the United States. The Chair shall 
                designate an officer or employee of the Department of 
                Justice to serve as the Executive Secretary of the 
                Special Task Force.
                    (d) Operation. The Chair shall convene meetings of 
                the Special Task Force, determine its agenda, and 
                direct its work. The Chair may establish and direct 
                subgroups of the Special Task Force, consisting 
                exclusively of members of the Special Task Force, to 
                deal with particular subjects.
                    (e) Mission. The mission of the Special Task Force 
                shall be:

  (i) to study and evaluate whether the interrogation practices and 
techniques in Army Field Manual 2-22.3, when employed by departments or 
agencies outside the military, provide an appropriate means of acquiring 
the intelligence necessary to protect the Nation, and, if warranted, to 
recommend any additional or different guidance for other departments or 
agencies; and

  (ii) to study and evaluate the practices of transferring individuals to 
other nations in order to ensure that such practices comply with the 
domestic laws, international obligations, and policies of the United States 
and do not result in the transfer of individuals to other nations to face 
torture or otherwise for the purpose, or with the effect, of undermining or 
circumventing the commitments or obligations of the United States to ensure 
the humane treatment of individuals in its custody or control.

                    (f) Administration. The Special Task Force shall be 
                established for administrative purposes within the 
                Department of Justice and the Department of Justice 
                shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, provide 
                administrative support and funding for the Special Task 
                Force.
                    (g) Recommendations. The Special Task Force shall 
                provide a report to the President, through the 
                Assistant to the President for National Security 
                Affairs and the Counsel to the President, on the 
                matters set forth in subsection (d) within 180 days of 
                the date of this order, unless the Chair determines 
                that an extension is necessary.
                    (h) Termination. The Chair shall terminate the 
                Special Task Force upon the completion of its duties.

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                Sec. 6. Construction with Other Laws. Nothing in this 
                order shall be construed to affect the obligations of 
                officers, employees, and other agents of the United 
                States Government to comply with all pertinent laws and 
                treaties of the United States governing detention and 
                interrogation, including but not limited to: the Fifth 
                and Eighth Amendments to the United States 
                Constitution; the Federal torture statute, 18 U.S.C. 
                2340-2340A; the War Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. 2441; the 
                Federal assault statute, 18 U.S.C. 113; the Federal 
                maiming statute, 18 U.S.C. 114; the Federal 
                ``stalking'' statute, 18 U.S.C. 2261A; articles 93, 
                124, 128, and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military 
                Justice, 10 U.S.C. 893, 924, 928, and 934; section 1003 
                of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. 
                2000dd; section 6(c) of the Military Commissions Act of 
                2006, Public Law 109-366; the Geneva Conventions; and 
                the Convention Against Torture. Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to diminish any rights that any 
                individual may have under these or other laws and 
                treaties. This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity against the United 
                States, its departments, agencies, or other entities, 
                its officers or employees, or any other person.
                
                
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