Enemy combatants are not US citizens and as such they should not enjoy any protection which a US citizen enjoys under the Constitution.  Unlawful enemy combatants are not US citizens. The only connection they have to the US is the desire to destroy it. As such, they do not fall within the group of people the Constitution is intended to protect. [1]  [1] BBC News, ‘Guantanamo appeal denied’, 12 March 2003,