Congressman offers advice on "military commissions".

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse - Legislator Steve Buyer - Brief Article

At the request of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), joined a working group of eight lawyers to discuss the details regarding the operation of the military "commissions of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The word "commissions," is a replacement for "tribunals," and a Pentagon source said the name was changed so as to remove any association with the post-World War II Nuremberg tribunals, in Germany.

Buyer, who served as counsel to the Western Enemy Prisoner of War camp during the Gulf War, said, "The accused will be afforded similar due process that was given to World War II saboteurs--such as a right to an attorney and the right to view evidence against them. But because the very security of this nation rests in these...