Just one day after Ahmed Ghailani, a member of Al Qaeda who helped murder hundreds of people in 1998, was acquitted on all but one charge due to legal technicalities, the Obama Administration says it will move forward with additional trials of terrorists in civilian courts.

The Obama administration remains committed to trying more terrorism suspects in civilian court even though a federal jury acquitted a Tanzanian of all but one charge in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, senior Justice Department officials said Thursday.

Alleged Al Qaeda accomplice Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be tried in civilian court, was convicted Wednesday of one count of conspiracy to damage or destroy U.S. property but cleared of 284 counts of murder and attempted murder.

Not because he was innocent, keep in mind, but because the judge refused to admit evidence against Ghailiani because we engaged in wartime interrogations to stop future attacks.

Such evidence would have been admitted in military tribunals but isn’t allowed in civilian courtrooms. So Ghailani is getting away with murdering hundreds of people thanks to the White House’s decision to give him a civilian trial.

Most people would recognize the screw up, apologize to the families of those killed, and pledge to stick to military tribunals in the future. But not the Obama Administration! Not only does the administration insist the outcome was awesome but insists it will plan additional civilian trials moving forward.

One potential detainee to be tried in civilian court: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. The Obama Administration is so intent on appeasing its far-left base that they’re willing to risk watching the 9/11 attacks mastermind walk free on a legal technicality. Unbelievable.