Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Commission shall have power to and shall, as occasion requires, make such rules for the conduct of the proceedings, consistent with the powers of Military Commissions under the Articles of War, as it shall deem necessary for a full and fair trial of the matters before it.

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Order Establishing a Military Commission to Try Eight Captured German Saboteurs

07/01/1942

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