Andy McCarthy sees some important consequences of trial of KSM in a civil court
We are giving the defendant, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the rights of US citizens. He will be able to obtain and make public state secrets during discovery and during the trial, as part of his defense. He will be able to enter into the case the harsh interrogation techniques used against him, and he will be able to put the Bush Administration on trial, as well as the US on trial. He will have a stage to advance his cause of radical jihad.
Andy McCarthy notices these things and writes about them.
He also draws a parallel between the consequences of trying KSM in civilian court, with these anti-Bush political gains, and the consequences of our putting the intelligence agents on trial who used strong interrogation techniques, which will also provide similar results regarding anti-Bush.
The most devastating charge that Andy McCarthy implies is that Team Obama is not stupid — that is, they are aware of the horrific consequences of what they are doing, which are obvious to all.