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Oh groan. Boy I wish you would do the smallest bit of research before posting this tired liberal argument.
We had not received the Supreme Court's ruling when the 20th hijacker and Richard Reed were charged. We have that ability now under the law to use military tribunals for enemy combatants. :roll:
So is your severe understanding and knowledge of basic history.
I call BS on that statement. Since the very beginning, the Bush administration was using Gitmo to house what was termed "unlawful combatants". It was the Bush administration's DECISION to try Reid in a civilian court.
Reid's case has recaptured the spotlight following the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day and the debate over the Obama administration's decision to try the Nigerian suspect in the case, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in a civilian court instead of a military tribunal.
Supporters of that policy have pointed to the Bush administration's DECISION to try Reid in a federal court, where he pleaded guilty in 2003 to trying to blow up a jumbo jet in late 2001 with explosives in his shoes.
From this article.