Hitler's Tribunalsby Jacob G. HornbergerMay. 10, 2012 |
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After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government came up with the idea of instituting military tribunals for trying suspected terrorists as a possible alternative to prosecuting them under the U.S. Code in regular federal courts. Since then, some terrorist suspects have been accorded the federal court route, others have been accorded the tribunal route, and at least one has been treated as both a criminal defendant and an “enemy combatant.” I’ll bet lots of Americans think that this idea to establish a special tribunal to try suspected terrorists was an original one. Not so. Some 80 years ago, German chancellor Adolf Hitler did the same thing. Read More |