Terrorist Trials and Guanatamo Bay

"The mixed verdict in the case of the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court on Wednesday quickly re-ignited a fierce debate over the Obama administration’s effort to restore the role of the traditional criminal justice system in handling terrorism prosecutions."
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     Ahmed Ghailani was tried because of his relation to the embassy bombings in Africa in 1998. His sentence is 20 years in prison.  Representative Peter King, Republican of New York, says that the Obama administration should not try any of the Guantanamo terrorists and that "we should treat them as wartime enemies and try them in military commissions at Guantanamo.” King is going to become head of homeland security and says that he will try to influence the administration when it comes to handling terrorist trials.