Original sentence: Hamdan referred the Tribunal to his affidavit.The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were created in response to judicial challenges that the Bush administration had not fulfilled the United States' obligations under the Geneva Conventions.There is a hand-written note on the final page of his transcript saying that: "affidavits not provided as they are filed under seal in federal court.These tribunals determine whether the detainees qualify for POW status, or whether they meet the definition of "unlawful enemy combatant".Under this congressional authority granted to the UCMJ, President Bush acted to detain unlawful enemy combatants during a time of war, which was declared under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Act
Edited sentence: As a testimant to the freedoms, and human dignity  valued by the United States of America the Combatant Status Review Tribunals were created in response to judicial challenges that the Bush administration had not fulfilled the United States obligations under these Geneva Conventions.Even though terrorist organizations are extra-criminal, and gangster-like, in nature and have never signed any known international treaty the legal arguments supporting terrorist detainees are based on the law of war defined during the Geneva Conventions.Hamdan referred the Tribunal to his affadavit.Now rather than determining whether the detainees qualified for POW status, the determine whether the detainees met a definition of "unlawful enemy combatant".The constitution of the United States of America grants power, exclusive to the executive as commander in chief of the United States Military, to establish commissions and processes for detaining lawful and unlawful enemy combatants until the cessation of military wartime operations.There is a hand-written note on the final page of his transcript saying that: "affadavits not provided as they are filed under seal in federal court.Under this congressional authority granted to the UCMJ, President Bush acted to detain unalwful enemy combatants during a time of war, which was declared under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Act