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US Civilians Can Now Face Military Tribunals

By Manila Ryce
Published Tuesday, January 16th, 2007, 2:18 am
Filed under: War, Human Rights, Terrorism, Society/Culture: Law/Order, Society/Culture, US Politics

A last-minute provision, added to a federal spending bill during the final days of the 109th Congress, makes civilians eligible for military court trials. The provision was sponsored by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and makes civilian government employees and journalists eligible for prosecution under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. “Right now, you have two different standards for people doing the same job,” Graham said. “This will bring uniformity to the commander’s ability to control the behavior of people representing our country.”

The provision was recently signed into law by President Bush, whose administration has previously accused civilians of treason and “giving comfort to our enemies”. In military court trials, the defendant does not receive a grand jury hearing and is tried by members of the military, rather than by a jury of their peers. Up until now, civilians could be tried under the military code only during a declared war. However, neither the operation in Afghanistan nor the one in Iraq have been officially declared as wars.

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One Response to “US Civilians Can Now Face Military Tribunals”

  1. In portland oregon, Joan Wagar and Eric Carlson are in A Murder conspiracy together.
    And Clackamas Walmart are acttively helping them by hideing Eric’s employment there from me and my family.
    For over A year now Eric Carlson has been going by the name gashel, last name unknown by me, he dyed his hair black, and Walmart agreed to hide his Identity from my daughter, who also worked at that store.
    Joan and Eric have friends in Authority protecting Joan and Eric from prosecution.
    I have reported this repeatedly to the Authority’s and they are ignoring Joan and Eric’s CONSPIRACY.
    I would be more than happy to Testify to this but the Authority’s are covering this up so my testimony would simply dissapear.
    My name is Terry Wagar and Im backing up these charges.
    Nomatter how many people Joan and Eric poisoned the Authority’s here in portland Oregon refuse to arrest them.
    Im making these charges public because of the blatent coverup of these charges.
    why is Walmart hideing A BodyDouble?

    terry wagar
    06/17/08 at 7:54 pm

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