The ones in US Prisons are convicted criminals.

The ones in Gitmo have been detained because we think they are dangerous. Not convicted.They’re in a different justice system, one where they don’t get civil due process.

They can go into US prisons if they get convicted of something after receiving due process. One can make an argument that they deserve that due process, but they are not automatically entitled to it legally, regardless of all the “should” arguments the ACLU can muster.

Here’s the rub, folks. Face it. If these folks get civil due process, some of them will get released. Among those, many already bore malice towards us and some have already done bad things we can’t prove. If released, #1 we look like idiots to all the people worldwide who KNOW these guys viewpoints and deeds. And more importantly and #2, they likely do and organize more bad things.

So the upside is all philosophical and the downside is all concrete, measured in jihadists and lives. Not making any argument one way or the other, just laying it all out so we can all see it.

Equally interesting would be to ask Ramzi Yousef if he would rather be in Gitmo or the super-max facility in Colorado. Which one do you think is more humane?

The irony of this policy of bring terrorists onto US soil is that Gitmo looks like a pleasant day in the park compared to super-max or in fact any maximum security prison the US.