Last week, a U.S. military jury convicted Salim Hamdan, who had worked as a driver for Osama bin Laden, on charges of providing material support to terrorism. The jury acquitted him of far more serious charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.

That was something of a blow to the Bush administration. The trial was a test case for the White House. It was the first military tribunal trial at Guantanamo Bay and the government had hoped for a slam dunk to show the world it has been right all along about detaining so many, for so long, without the usual formalities accorded prisoners of...

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