JAG Hunter bullet: Military magistrates have carefully avoided pre-trial disclosure of the government's case by convening a Special court-martial (SPCM). Article 32 hearings are commanded by Congress only as preliminary to General courts-martial (GCM).

First Baghdad Court-Martial May Set Table for Later Ones

By Adam Liptak - New York Times

"Specialist Sivits will be tried in a somewhat streamlined proceeding known as a special court-martial, as opposed to a general court-martial."