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Re:The Government Is Keeping a U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked ... by anarazel on Thursday November 23, 2017 @04:30PM (#15767925)
Depends on your definition of trial. Non US citizens held in areas that are de facto controlled by the US have basic habeas rights:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush

That'd not hold for areas of active hostilities however.

IANAL.

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