[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MILITARY TRIBUNALS

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call on the House and 
Senate to quickly pass the right kind of military tribunal legislation.
  We are in a war for the future of civilization, and military 
tribunals provide the best way for us to bring brutal terrorists to 
justice and to prevent future attacks on our citizens.
  Military commissions have been successfully used throughout United 
States history to bring dangerous war criminals to justice. President 
Roosevelt used them in 1942 to try eight German saboteurs who plotted 
to attack the United States. In fact, military commissions have been 
used by President Lincoln and even General George Washington. Now 
Congress must allow this same power to our modern-day Presidents.
  The right kind of military tribunal legislation can help us to 
disrupt actual terrorist plots right here in America; access critical 
information on al Qaeda; and prevent handing over Top Secret 
information to men like Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, one of the masterminds 
of September 11.
  September 11 was one of the darkest days in United States history. We 
must give our military the power to continue preventing other 
devastating attacks.

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