Yet it did not want to repeat the experience of the Zacharias Moussaoui trial, in which, after many propagandistic appeals from the dock, the alleged twentieth September 11, 2001, hijacker was finally convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. So the Bush administration proposed a middle way: a military commission under military judges, which would recognize fewer rights for the accused and bar appeals to civilian courts.
面对日益增多的虐待传言，布什总统的政府已经意识到无法永远维持关塔那摩监狱。然而，它不想重复审判穆萨维的体验。在这个审判中，在被告次数众多的宣传性上诉后，最终宣布这位2001年9月11日的第20位劫机嫌疑犯有罪，处以终生监禁。因此布什政府采取了一条中间路线，也就是成立军事法庭，由军事法官负责，军事法庭认可被告的权利较少，并不得向民事法院上诉。