Under questioning by a federal judge, the government claimed this week that the military could hold foreigners indefinitely as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay for aiding a terrorist organization, even if they did so unintentionally. A judge asked whether the government could detain a “little old lady in Switzerland” who donated money to an Afghan orphanage if unbeknownst to her some of the money went to Al Qaeda. A government attorney responded “She could. Someone’s intention is clearly not a factor that would disable detention.” Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle went on to claim the US military can pick up and detain any foreigner who provides support to terrorists. And once at Guantanamo, Boyle said detainees “have no constitutional rights enforceable in this court.” In response an attorney for some of the Guantanamo detainees said, “That’s really shocking. People throughout the world will fear the United States is asserting the power to pick up little old ladies and men who made a mistake.”