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Department of Defense Revises Procedures for Military Commissions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 99 , Issue 4 , October 2005 , pp. 901 - 902
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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1 Neil, A. Lewis, U. S. Alters Rules for War Crimes Trials, N.Y. Times, Sept. 1, 2005, at A12 Google Scholar; Pentagon Alters Rules in Trials of Guantanamo Detainees, Wash. Post, Sept. 1, 2005, at A6.Google Scholar Changes to commission procedures were being considered prior to the July 2005 court of appeals decision in Hamdan, but no action was taken at that time, reportedly reflecting objections by Vice President Cheney and his staff. Golden, Tim, U.S. Is Examining Plan to Bolster Detainee Rights, N.Y. Times, Mar. 27, 2005, at A1 Google Scholar; Changes Proposed for Guantanamo Tribunals, Wash. Post, Mar. 27, 2005, at A12 Google Scholar. On commission procedures as initially promulgated, see Sean, D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 97 AJIL 703 (2003).Google Scholar

2 U.S. Dep’t of Defense New Release No. 897-05, Secretary Rumsfeld Approves Changes to Improve Military Commission Procedures (Aug. 31, 2005), at <http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050831-4608.html>>Google Scholar; see U.S. Dep’t of Defense Fact Sheet, Changes to Military Commissions Procedures, at <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2005/fact_sheet.html>>Google Scholar.