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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Bush Executive Order Advances Guantanamo Detainee Trials To Military Tribunals

Reuters February 14, 2007 09:14 PM

President George W. Bush on Wednesday issued an executive order that will allow cases against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to move forward and be considered by military tribunals, the White House said.

The executive order authorizes the establishment of military commissions, fulfilling a technical step required by the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which Bush signed into law last October.

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