But, if they are prisoners of war as claimed by the USA (and I'm not a lawyer, nor have I been to Guantanamo Bay - and I bet none of those on this thread who claim to know what it's like have been there either) there's no requirement for a trial. We didn't put German POWs on trial during WW2, we simply held them in captivity until circumstances prevailed where they were no longer likely to take up arms again (which is what I'm led to believe the Convention requires). Surely what needs to happen now is for some mutually-accepted authority (I'd suggest the United Nations but we all know what a useless overpaid bunch of fence-sitters they are) to make a pronouncement about the status of those being held - POWs or not? If they're not POWs, try them soon or let them go. If they are POWs, keep them there until we've eliminated the Taliban and Al Quaeda (which means they'll probably be there for ever).

Maybe I'm too simple-minded, but it seems obvious to me.
Johnny