Defense Secretary Leon Panetta plans to create a blue-ribbon panel to advise the Defense Department on an array of complex legal policy matters, according to DOD officials and documents. A defense official said the spectrum of issues awaiting the new Defense Legal Policy Board could include the targeted killing of individuals abroad; the process of trying terrorism suspects in military courtrooms; and matters related to major crimes committed by deployed service members, including requirements for status-of-forces agreements and the way...
