President George W. Bush has authorized the indefinite detention of people he believes to be enemy combatants.

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President George W. Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which authorized the indefinite detention of enemy combatants without charges or trial. This law was later amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which affirmed the government's authority to hold such detainees indefinitely.