Donald J. Trump said this week that he was “fine” with prosecuting American citizens accused of terrorism offenses before a military commission at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than a civilian court on domestic soil. Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, made his remarks as an off-the-cuff response to an interviewer’s question. But if Mr. Trump were elected and followed through on his impulse, the move would face legal, political and practical obstacles, specialists said. But that is different from arguing that American citizens should also be tried in tribunals, which afford fewer rights to defendants. But, he added, “if we have learned nothing else from the Guantánamo commissions, it is that these kinds of trials are unnecessary and incredibly inefficient.”

Source: New York Times August 13, 2016 00:11 UTC