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Bush signs an order allowing military tribunals for foreign terror suspects
It was the first order of its kind since World War II, and the tribunals it creates can impose the death penalty.
Two months after the September 11 attacks, the United States was at war in Afghanistan and still deciding how to try the men it hoped to capture. On November 13, 2001, President George W. Bush signed an executive order allowing military tribunals for foreigners suspected of ties to terrorist acts or planned acts against the country. No president had issued an order of that kind since World War II. Suspects could be prosecuted outside the civilian courts, and the tribunals could impose the death penalty…
