The need for military commissions
Brian Darling, a Heritage Foundation colleague, explains the pressing need for military commissions in this Fox News piece:
On 9/11, we finally stopped treating bin Laden and his gang as criminals and answered their declaration of war with a war of our own — a worldwide war that’s still going on today. But there are frightening signs that we may be losing our resolve. For example, some members of the Congress want to go back to treating al Qaeda as simply a matter for law enforcement.
The stakes will be high this month as Congress debates whether or not to use military tribunals (now commonly referred to as military commissions) to deal with individuals captured in the global war on terror.
Unfortunately, some lawmakers are supporting an amendment that would force these military commissions to disclose classified information to al Qaeda. If Congress approves the amendment, we’ll be harming our war effort by giving our enemies classified information. Our enemies would then know the sources and methods the United States uses to acquire information about terrorists.
Read the rest here.