New Military Commissions Rules

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Pentagon Sets Rules for Detainee Trials
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon set rules Thursday for detainee trials that could allow terror suspects to be convicted and perhaps executed using hearsay testimony and coerced statements, setting up a new clash between President Bush and Congress. Read it.

Milnews
DoD Releases Military Commissions Manual
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2007 (AFPS) -- The Defense Department today presented to Congress its manual outlining rules for military commissions as they will be conducted under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Read it.

Transcript
DoD Press Briefing on New Military Commissions Rules

Document
New Manual for Military Commisions (pdf, 238 pages)

DoD Web Site: Military Commissions
Links to Information about Particular Military Commissions

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