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Article: Military commissions, past and future.
- Article from:
- Military Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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The detention of suspected terrorists has raised questions about how they will be held accountable for their alleged crimes. President George W. Bush authorized the use of military commissions to try non-U.S. citizens involved in terrorist activities. Lieutenant Colonel Jody Prescott and Major Joanne Eldridge examine the role of military commissions in the U.S. Army's history.
ON 17 JANUARY 1865, Confederate Army Captain Robert Kennedy was convicted by a military commission of spying and other violations of the law of war "in undertaking to carry on irregular and unlawful warfare." (1) Kennedy apparently intended to set New York City on fire and was seen in other ...