Bush is now reconsidering trying terrorist defendants in court . Former military defense lawyer David Frakt says terrorists have long been tried in court . Military commissions do n't have the terrorists ' long record of achievement , he says . More of us should have challenged the president to explain why it was impracticable to apply regular principles of law and rules of evidence to these criminal suspects . Frakt : Let 's show the world our ` ` stand for the rule of law ''
Bush is now reconsidering trying terrorist defendants in court . Former military defense lawyer David Frakt says terrorists have long been tried in court . Military commissions do n't have the terrorists ' long record of achievement , he says . Frakt : Let 's show the world our ` ` stand for the rule of law ''