Marine Lt. Col. William Lietzau participates in a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 22, 2003, dealing with military commissions. In November 2001, President George W. Bush decided that enemy combatants taken into custody by the armed forces of the United States and charged as terrorists may be tried by military commissions. The President has not designated anyone stand trial by military commission, but it is deemed prudent to establish the framework for such a body should the need arise. Lietzau, currently a special advisor to the general counsel of the Department of Defense, served as the first acting chief prosecutor for military commissions until being replaced today by Col. Frederic Borch.