Terror suspicion, guns, miranda, and citizenship.

[weemadando]

As usual, alot of people hate the idea of trying this guy in criminal court.

Just curious, why is this?

Because then there's the chance that they wouldn't be allowed to use "evidence" gained from dubious (or completely unnameable) sources or torture and also that they would have to be accountable to the usual processes like chains of custody, evidence and the like. And having his lawyers say: "Can you please explain why there is a two week period where you cannot supply any information on my clients whereabouts while in your custody? During which time he states that he was flown to Eastern Europe and tortured under the express supervision of the US Gov't and it's agencies?"

Plus, with a criminal court, there's always the problem that it's designed to be a fair process (relatively) and that the defendant actually has a chance.

[weemadando]

Oh yeah, and how could I forget the other big reason.

The idiotic logic of "if you do X, then the terrorists have won." Where in this case, X is adhere to hundreds of years of hard-won civil and human rights, a rigorously tested legal system and trust in all of these. Which is apparently what you are fighting for. Go figure.