http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=129941946

Nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Americans continue to struggle with the complex ethical and legal questions that have been raised by the country's fight against terrorism. Among them: whether terrorists should be treated as criminals or as enemy combatants.
You can read the PDF file or listen to the audio file, both are at the link above.

I was surprised that the majority left the debate in favor of treating terrorists as criminals versus enemy combatants, but as Mr. Hayden said in the beginning of the debate he feared the debate would be taken off topic and become a debate over the morality of torture.

I clearly thought the debate team arguing for treating terrorists as enemy combatants made more compelling arguments on that one issue, but the other team was able to obscure the debate with comments with comments about torture, etc.

Worth the read or listen if you have time.