The USS Theodore Roosevelt was one of the key elements of Nato's naval power in the 1999 Kosovo conflict with more than 3, 400 combat missions launched from its deck.
But, Wilner adds, the process for evaluating the detainees was rushed into existence in 2004, nine days after a Supreme Court ruling, and, he says, the combat status review tribunals (CSRTs) are a sham with the deck stacked from the get-go.