> This it, and I, and I think even Nick > (correct me if I'm wrong), believe is the best balance between maintaining > the secrecy vital for military and intelligence operations while still doing > everything possible to assure the accused a fair trial (again, military > tribunals are pretty good courts, and are quite capable of releasing the > accused, as they frequently did after WW2). The Administration has chosen > to limit itself to using tribunals only against people who are not citizens > of the United States - again, in my eyes a sign of moderation and > deliberation, not malice.
Bob Z Speaking for myself (but I think for others as well) it is not the actions of the administration but the way in which they presented them that we find disturbing and counter-productive. The sense that the administration will do what it wants to do because it knows what is best and we the people (both inside and outside the US) should just trust them and shut up about it. A little reasonable politicing (informing congress and foreign governments of our plans and asking their advice) would not have resulted in any signficant delay or change in the policy but it would have made it easier to accept.
