Yes, jury trials in public are a right,
Says Cheney. Then he says that in this fight
No terrorist deserves that sort of trial,
Though otherwise it's certainly our style.
Without a trial, though, how do we decide
To whom this definition is applied?
We grab a guy, but is the guy we've got
An undeserving terrorist or not?
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