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Americans are simply unaware of the fact that we’ve had 195 convictions of suspected terrorists in U.S. courts since 2001. The terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993 were tried and convicted in U.S. courts and are now locked away in a federal supermax prison. The harshest critics — the ones who are braying the loudest that the sky is going to fall and Americans are all in danger — were totally silent when terrorist suspects were brought to trial in the United States by the Bush administration. You heard no outcry from Senator McConnell or Senator Lieberman when Bush did it. That’s the very definition of hypocrisy.

I knew they had tried a few. Didn't realize the number was that high.

What's the big deal? We're not talking about Superman and Spiderman and Incredible Hulk here. We're not even talking about Ted Bundy. These people aren't supercriminals. They're just murderers. And we try murderers all the time in our court system.

And yet, our bizarre, partisan, talking-points culture means all the jackasses who formerly supported bringing terrorists to the US to stand trial must now be against it.

I've always been in favor of using our court system to try those who have committed grave crimes against our citizens. Worked pretty well against Tim McVeigh. And the dudes who bombed WTC the first time. It will work this time. Assuming we haven't fatally compromised all the evidence with torture.