PNAC prodigy Paul Wolfowitz has been granted a powerful new position.
CNN.com – Defense deputy gets authority for military tribunals – Jun. 24, 2003
From Barbara Starr
CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, June 24, 2003 Posted: 2:01 PM EDT (1801 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN)—U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has delegated his role as “appointing authority” for military commissions to his deputy, according to Pentagon officials.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signed a delegation last weekend putting Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz in authority over the tribunals that will try al Qaeda and Taliban suspects, the officials said.
Under an order that President Bush issued in November 2001, military tribunals can be used to try non-citizens accused of terrorist acts. Individuals brought before the tribunals would have no right to a jury trial, no right to confront their accusers and no right to judicial review of trial procedures or sentences, which could include death.
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