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The CSRTs are not bound by the rules of evidence that would apply in court, and the government’s evidence is presumed to be “genuine and accurate.”<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22173.pdf |title=Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Report for Congress |publisher=Congressional Research Service |first=Jennifer K. |last=Elsea |authorlink=Jennifer K. Elsea |date=July 20, 2005 |accessdate=2007-11-10 |format=PDF}}</ref>
The CSRTs are not bound by the rules of evidence that would apply in court, and the government’s evidence is presumed to be “genuine and accurate.”<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22173.pdf |title=Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Report for Congress |publisher=Congressional Research Service |first=Jennifer K. |last=Elsea |authorlink=Jennifer K. Elsea |date=July 20, 2005 |accessdate=2007-11-10 |format=PDF}}</ref>
[[File:Trailer where CSR Tribunals were held.jpg|thumb|right|The trailer where CSRTs were convened.]]
[[File:Trailer where CSR Tribunals were held.jpg|thumb|left|The trailer where CSRTs were convened.]]
From July 2004 through March 2005, a CSRT was convened to make a determination whether each captive had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". Martin Mubanga was among the two-thirds of prisoners who chose to participate in their tribunals.<ref>OARDEC, [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_detainees_testimony.pdf Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005], September 4, 2007</ref>
From July 2004 through March 2005, a CSRT was convened to make a determination whether each captive had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". Martin Mubanga was among the two-thirds of prisoners who chose to participate in their tribunals.<ref>OARDEC, [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_detainees_testimony.pdf Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005], September 4, 2007</ref>