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Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism

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On November 13, 2001 U.S. President George W. Bush issued a Military Order titled Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism.[1]

The order:

  1. Defines which individuals the President considers subject to the order.
  2. States that the U.S. Secretary of Defense will be ultimately responsible for the individuals.
  3. Outlines the conditions under which the Secretary of Defense should detain the individuals.
  4. Specifies that those individuals who were to be tried would be tried before military commissions, and sets out some broad guidelines for how those military commissions should be conducted.
  5. Orders other agencies to assist the Secretary of Defense.
  6. Grants the Secretary of Defense additional powers.
  7. Specifies the relationship of the order to other laws and forums.
  8. States that the order will be published in the Federal Register.
  1. ^ Presidential Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, The White House, November 13, 2001
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