General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chief

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 02: General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presides over a Senate Judiciary Committee with Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, August 2, 2006 regarding "The Authority to Prosecute Terrorists Under The War Crime Provisions of Title 18." The Bush administration's draft plan for special military courts will forbid use of evidence obtained by torture while it might allow some data gathered through coercion, a U.S. Justice Department official said. Testimony was offered by Steven Bradbury, acting assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, Deptartment of Justice, General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Major General Scott Black, judge advocate general, U.S. Army, Rear Admiral Bruce MacDonald, judge advocate general, U.S. Navy, Major General Jack Rives, judge advocate general, U.S. Air Force, and Brigadier General Kevin M. Sandkuhler, and director judge advocate division, U.S. Marine Corps. (Photo by Carol T. Powers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)