The much-debated Military Commissions Act of 2006 [3] is now the law of the land.

President Bush [4] signed the bill yesterday which effectively strips detainees labeled as suspected terrorists by the president of rights traditionally guaranteed in American courts. Under the bill, suspects will have only a limited ability to view evidence used against them, and also be denied habeas corpus protection. In addition, the legislation leaves to the president’s discretion any enforcement of “non-grave breaches” of the Geneva Conventions [5].

To read more about the bill and the process by which it became law, be sure to check out Congresspedia [6]’s great page on War on Terror detainee legislation [3].