Ah, I see. So it's all Bush's fault. [yawn]
A decision was made in December 2001 NOT to have ZM examined by a military tribunal and shot.
This despite the fact that, since 9:03 AM on 9/11/01, it was crystal clear that ZM was an enemy soldier making war on the United States, captured out of uniform and behind our lines, making him ineligible for Geneva Convention protection.
In fact, per ex parte Quirin (1942), the military tribunal was not even required. He could have been shot by simple executive order.
If it's NOT Bush's fault that this civil trial farce was allowed to proceed, with its perfectly forseeable outcome, whose fault do you think it is?