U.S. Department of Defense Releases Manual for Military Commissions

On January 18, 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense released The Manual for Military Commissions. The 238 page document is "a comprehensive Manual for the full and fair prosecution of alien unlawful enemy combatants by military commissions, in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2006." The Manual is available at: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/The%20Manual%20for%20Military%20Commissions.pdf