What is a tribunal?

Here is a definition from http://www.answers.com/tribunal&r=67:

1. A seat or court of justice.

2. The bench on which a judge or other presiding officer sits in court.

3. A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter.

4. Something that has the power to determine or judge: the tribunal of public opinion.

Sometimes a jury trial, especially a famous trial like the O. J. Simpson fiasco, is called a tribunal. That is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about a military tribunal such as the one that judged the Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg.

Military tribunals are not designed to be fair, although, depending on the participants, they may be more effective and based on more facts than a jury trial. They are used under special conditions such as the Lincoln assassination. President Bush initiated them to judge terrorist.

The normal protections of a jury system are not part of a military tribunal. Here are some of the conditions that I think tribunals (and I haven