So, I am a bit confused on this issue, and have been trying to find some kind of definitive information on what actions a US citizen can do that would cause him/her to lose her citizenship. I know that there have been many proposals passed around; I am looking for info on what is on the books now....
Case in point: Hamdi is a US citizen that was caught in Afghanistan fighting specifically for the Taliban. He is now at Guantanamo, please excuse if I spelled it wrong, and there is a lot of talk about his being denied access to a lawyer...
My understanding is that if, in a time of war, a US citizen decides to take up arms and fight for the other side, he has essentially denounced his citizenship is is no longer considered a citizen. Is this on the books now, or just being debated in Congress? If he is no longer a citizen, and was fighting for a regime that the world refused to acknowledge as a legal government, then he has no protections under the Geneva Convention, so therefore the debate is moot.
Thanks in advance