The Wall Street Journal reports that President Obama has decided to resume military tribunals at Gitmo.  Some of us might ask what took him so long  --  indeed, some of us did ask, more than a year ago  --  but better late than never, I suppose.

Of course the devil is in the details, and the important question remains whether the specific rules for these tribunals are designed to admit all truthful and relevant evidence  --  which is, of course, the surest path to saving American lives.