re: #224 Charles

The Moussaoui trial is actually an argument in favor of putting Gitmo detainees on trial in the criminal justice system.

The system worked. He’s never getting out of prison.

Just to add to this: under the Bush administration we tried and convicted 195 terrorists in the federal system. The system does work.
The only difference is that some of the wingnuts who had no problem with such trials then are now cynically manipulating people’s fears and telling them that it’s far too dangerous to try them in civil court. (such as Guliani). This is blatant fearmongering and the attempt to portray Obama as somehow soft on terror or weak. Some people are falling for it, though.