Seeking to distance itself from the Bush administration, the Justice Department is omitting ‘enemy combatant’ from its filing that defines detention of prisoners at Guantánamo.
BY WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND CAROL ROSENBERG

crosenberg@MiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON — Breaking with the George W. Bush White House, the Barack Obama administration on Friday dropped the term ”enemy combatant” for suspected terrorists and said international law governed the detention of terrorism suspects at the Guantánamo Bay prison, which Obama intends to close.

In a court filing in Washington, the Justice Department also said that only suspects who provided ‘’substantial” support to al Qaeda or the Taliban would be considered detainable.

The moves represent a departure from Bush’s handling of suspects as Obama prepares to close the detention facility.Read More