The System Works

"We did not need to use a secret military tribunal, detain the defendant indefinitely as an enemy combatant or deny the defendant the right to counsel. The message to the world from today's sentencing is that our courts have not abandoned our commitment to the ideals that set our nation apart."

--U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour
In his sentencing of Ahmed Ressam,
the Millenium Bomber, to 22 years in prison