JUSTICE

Obama to Renew Military Commissions

Another Bush policy will continue.

First, the Obama administration announced that it would withhold photos of detainees. Now, it will unveil another policy decision that will hearten Bush-era officials: it will officially renew military tribunals for prosecuting terrorism suspects, a move that has outraged human rights groups who see the military commissions as tainted relics of Bush policy. The administration has included revisions on the tribunals: it will ban any information gained from coercion, and says it will give detainees more freedom to choose lawyers. A group of retired military officers have warned Obama that the renewed commissions could result in an "erosion of international confidence" in the American justice system.