I agree that this never should have been in the US courts. Was that a holdover from Clinton processes?
All of this stuff should be at Gitmo. Seeing as how these 'soldiers' aren't regular army, it seems to me that following Geneva conventions (POW status for captured combatants) is mighty benevolent on our part.
Giving them US Constitutional protections is way beyond what is necessary. (Do you hear this, illegal aliens???)
Pinz
YIKES! Now he's asking for death? (I just got here..late catching up) This is UNREAL.
He WAS caught in the search for other terrorists right after 9/11. We didn't have a legal structure in place other than the usual civilian courts, so when they found him in Minneapolis on that border violation, he got transferred around in the civilian system. Gitmo and the rest came later. What aggravates me is that Moussaoui is an ILLEGAL alien and doesn't have the same rights as American citizens. But we didn't have Gitmo at the time.