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During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared martial law and authorized military tribunals to try terrorists because they could act quickly, gather intelligence through interrogation, and preventlife-saving information from becoming public. That Lincoln emergesfrom this controversy with a reputation for statesmanship may bethe most powerful argument for his judicious application ofexecutive authority during a national emergency.