In a joint statement, Republican Sens. Jon Kyl and Lindsey Graham, the latter being an Air Force Reserve attorney, called it inappropriate to try terrorists in civilian courts and said they would look for legislative solutions to try detainees in military commissions.
Many 'terrorists' have been tried in civilian courts, including these well known individuals:
Zacarias Moussaoui (the so-called "20th 9/11 hijacker")
Richard Reid (the shoe bomber)
Ahmed Ressam (the millenium bomber)
Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City bomber)
Terry Nichols (McVeigh's co-conspirator)
John Walker Lindh (the American Taliban)
The list goes on.
Do Kyl and Graham think those trials were 'inappropriate'?
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