>>At that point, does the Geneva Convention cover him? If he is a terrorist waging war on our citizens or military, then he can be shot as a spy. Otherwise he is in military custody and not a US citizen - the US military is in charge.
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>Since there has been no hearing, all you know for sure is that he is a human being and not a US citizen.

I think you didn't want this sentence to turn out this way, but I did get a chuckle out of it :).

> OK to keep him locked up for six years?

... um, guys, could you pick up someone else? A fictional character, say, Renoir Van Dalet, from some almost forgotten former Belgian colony perhaps?