Bush1 created tribunals to regularize the status of POWs in GW1. It is a standard part of war planning. I have absolutely no problem with doing this in a manner that protects the classified nature of the proceedings and treating spies, terrorists and unlawful combatants as unlawful combatants.
But I don't think that the folks in charge thought this through. I know it seemed clever to try to create Guantanamo as a legal black hole, but I just don't agree with constitutional holidays for the US government.
So what do you think about all this as possibly an intentional (or unintentional) deterrent to terrorists, knowing that others might be detained indefinitely, without seeing the light of day, and might end up ratting them out?