Yesterday, Osama Bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamden, was found guilty of supporting terrorism, but was acquitted of conspiring in terrorist attacks. Senator McCain released a response to the verdict, which said, in part:
I welcome today's guilty verdict in the first trial held under the Military Commissions Act (MCA)...Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a trusted confidante of Osama Bin Laden, was provided a full hearing of the charges against him and was represented by counsel who vigorously defended him. The jury found that the prosecution lawyers had proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Hamdan had aided terrorists by supplying weapons to Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. This process demonstrated that military commissions can effectively bring very dangerous terrorists to justice.
But, as the Associate Press reports, Hamded wasn't found guilty of supplying weapons to Al Qaeda:
While being convicted of supporting terrorism, Hamdan was acquitted of providing missiles to al-Qaida and knowing his work would be used for terrorism.
Further support for the theory that McCain just isn't paying attention to what's going on around him.