1.   The plenum also elected a new politburo, secretariat and central military commission.

2.   A military commission convicted Mudd and seven others of conspiring in the assassination.

3.   A handful were tried by a military commission.

4.   But his power lay in his position as vice chairman of the central military commission.

5.   Historians say military commissions began as traveling courts when there was a need to impose quick punishments that appeared fair in wartime.

6.   However, ROTC students who declare themselves to be gay would not be able to receive military commissions upon graduation, unless current Pentagon policy is changed.

7.   If he is a citizen and he is charged, he would not be tried under the military commissions ordered by President Bush because they are only for non-citizens.

8.   Jiang is chairman of the military commission, but he has no control of military people.

9.   Military commissions differ from civilian courts in that defendants can be tried in secret without the legal protections, evidence rules or appeal rights that civilian courts provide.