these prisoners will never be given full access to US criminal trials. the worst that can happen is that the appeals process will prevent the military from trying them - so they stay in indefinite detention. let's just see how it plays out.
I buy your statement. So what this has accomplished in part is that there may some detainees that may rot in Gitmo without ever being brought to trial before a military tribune. OK. Perhaps the gig is not over. I was afraid that somehow either civilian lawyers would get in on the action, which means ACLU goons go nuts, or somehow a detainee would by some fluke end up being able to seek a DC Circuit Court of Appeals hearing. Obviously my fears where unwarranted. Since those two issues would never come up.