That law says only unlawful combatants may be tried by military commissions.
So while the former terms are well understood and clear under international law, the term "unlawful combatant" is not.
Our government has been indefinitely holding American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants.
As a civilian, Campbell was tried and convicted of being an unlawful combatant.
The term "unlawful combatant" has been used for the past century in legal literature, military manuals, and case law.
One example is the notion of an unlawful combatant.
In practice, any military force that operates at least partially out of uniform may be considered unlawful combatants.
In the end, the right coalition of senators may actually pass valuable new rules for "unlawful combatants."
No civilian was found to have acted as an unlawful combatant.
Republicans and the White House defended the change on unlawful combatants.