[Wil H]

If we can try those terrorists in our courts and hold them in our prisons, then we can do the same with detainees from Guantanamo.

Utter F$%king MORON..!

So you have a terrorist in Gitmo that was given up by an informer in Iraq, and you wheel him into court where his lawyer demands that he faces his accuser...

Result - one dead informer and family; killed in retribution once his identity is known.

[Tallguy]

There is another basic difference between the terrorists apprehended in the US and the Gitmo inmates: the manner of their arrest. US soldiers/Marines/sailors are not law enforcement personnel who arrest people under the 4th & 5th Ammendments and who secure evidence for legal proceedings. Coast Guard personnel are a different matter, but I would be surprised if any of the GITMO detainees are there as a result of an arrest by a Coastie.

The reason I mention this is that any legal proceedings in our federal courts are going to attract top lawyers like sharks to blood. These lawyers are going to make so many pre-trial motions concerning evidence & arrest that the judge is going to go blind. It may not be possible to try these detainees using the normal procedures.