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Have we really sunk to the idea that verdicts in terror suspect trials need to be fixed in advance? And what does that logic say about the fairness of military tribunals? Once more, the 9/11 massacre leads to our suspension of ancient traditions - like habeas corpus, the absolute ban on torture, the Fourth Amendment and an open trial by jury. Al Qaeda could never destroy our values alone. We did it for them.
- Andrew Sullivan, getting it exactly right, in “The Dreadful Uncertainties Of A Fair Trial”
