As soon as Salim Ahmed Hamdan was convicted Wednesday, July 6, there were several things expected

The ACLU and other leftist organizations would pitch hissy fits. Mission accomplished Many liberals/progressives would tell us the decision was bad and would take the opportunity to rail at Bush. Mission accomplished The Credentialed Media would release editorials against the decision. Mission accomplished!

Starting with CBS News, who had theirs out late Wednesday

So the tiny little fish in the barrel was indeed shot. In the least surprising verdict of this or any other year, a panel of U.S. soldiers Wednesday convicted former Osama bin Laden chauffeur Salim Hamdan of supporting al Qaeda operations before and shortly after the terror attacks on America. (snip)

And so a trial that ...