The Bush administration tried Reid, Padilla, and Moussaoui, who was charged in the same conspiracy as KSM, in a civilian court and they are now rotting behind bars for the rest of their lives. The fact of the matter is, not one of you can provide any credible legal or moral justification for not trying terrorists in civilian court.



Graham's Miranda question was specious. Of course soldiers in the field wouldn't read rights upon apprehension - that's not their jurisdiction. A distinction is made between detention and custody - once a suspect is turned over to the civilian law enforcement system, preferably not after languishing in a detention center for eight years because the administration in office can't close the deal on a conviction, he may be apprised of his Miranda rights.

But Miranda only applies to custodial interrogations anyway. Now let's use Osama Bin Ladin as an example. There is plenty of evidence already in U.S. possession to convict Osama bin Laden even without interrogating him. Though the CIA would probably interrogate him for intelligence purposes it's doubtful the FBI would even bother.