"Today, the Secretary of Defense is submitting to Congress a comprehensive Manual for the full and fair prosecution of alien unlawful enemy combatants by military commissions, in accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The Manual is made up of four separate sections: The Preamble, The Rules for Military Commissions, the Military Commission Rules of Evidence, and the Crimes and Elements. The Rules for Military Commissions set forth the procedural rules for Military Commissions. The Military Commission Rules of Evidence provide evidentiary rules to govern the admissibility of evidence at trial. The Crimes and Elements section lays out the crimes punishable by Military Commission and the elements of those crimes."--Executive summary.

"The M.M.C. is adapted from the Manual for Courts-Martial (2005) to comport with the M.C.A."--Foreword.

Original content taken from various electronic government sources.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 2007. Digitized image of the original.