Flashback to Attorney General Eric Holder talking about the civilian trials of detainees in his congressional testimony last November, back when we were still brave and strong and resolute:

We need not cower in the face of this enemy. Our institutions are strong, our infrastructure is sturdy, our resolve is firm, and our people are ready.

Or not.

David Kurtz

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