Obama administration may resume military commission trials: NYT

[JURIST] The Obama administration may increase its use of controversial military commissions [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] for Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees, according to a New York Times report [text] Wednesday. Per the report, administration officials plan to rescind an order issued on Obama’s first day in office that halted military commission proceedings [JURIST report] and continues to block the government from initiating new cases under the system. If done, filings are expected within weeks, which would represent…