He continued: "Although the Commission system has been significantly improved through the Military Commissions Act of 2009, it will always be seen as offering a kind of second-class justice, and it is by no means obvious that anyone will be convicted through the Commission system who could not otherwise be prosecuted in federal court."
He concluded: "The best thing that can be said about the resumption of trials is that formally adjudicating the culpability of the remaining detainees pursuant to reasonably decent procedures is better than indefinite detention without adjudication. Of course, had we not subjected any of the detainees to abusive interrogation -" the value of which has been doubted even by the CIA Inspector General -" all detainees accused of war crimes could probably have been brought to justice consistent with the rule of law."
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