loofa "The prisoners we speak of bear very little resemblance to the POW's of past battles.
Having said that, once tried, if found guilty, throw the book at them."
This whole grey area is I agree grey
Riddle me this in your scheme of things
Sceario....
US authorities - acting on info that a another 9/11 action is underway - surround 5 airports and they manage to capture the say 20 men as they are boarding aircraft. They also manage to capture 20 people in say Iran who were their support.
In initial detention it become unequivocally clear they had every intention of hitting 5 skyscrapers in 5 different cities
Do they get a trial or get thrown in a detention center?