Trying Terrorists as War Criminals

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On November 13, 2001, President Bush signed a Military Order pertaining to the detention, treatment, and trial of certain non-citizens in the war against terrorism. The President’s Military Order makes it apparent that he plans to treat the attacks as acts of war rather than criminal acts, and to prosecute those responsible as war criminals, trying them by special military commission rather than in federal court. The purpose of this the report is to clarify the legal basis for treating the acts as war crimes and the ramifications of applying the law of war rather than criminal statutes to prosecute … continued below

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Elsea, Jennifer K. November 28, 2001.

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On November 13, 2001, President Bush signed a Military Order pertaining to the
detention, treatment, and trial of certain non-citizens in the war against terrorism. The
President’s Military Order makes it apparent that he plans to treat the attacks as acts of
war rather than criminal acts, and to prosecute those responsible as war criminals, trying
them by special military commission rather than in federal court. The purpose of this
the report is to clarify the legal basis for treating the acts as war crimes and the ramifications
of applying the law of war rather than criminal statutes to prosecute the perpetrators.
The discussion focuses on the trial of alleged terrorists and conspirators by a military
commission rather than the federal courts. A longer treatment of the issues in this report
and an analysis of other relevant issues, including the Military Order, are contained in
CRS Report RL 31191.

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Elsea, Jennifer K. Trying Terrorists as War Criminals, report, November 28, 2001; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6980/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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