Ed Morrissey makes the case that Obama’s announcement that the administration will use a revamped military-commission system to resolve the remaining cases of terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay represents yet another promise meeting its expiration date.

At the very least, Obama did not campaign on using a “revamped” military-commission system; his rhetoric suggested he was going to scrap the whole thing and keep it in U.S. criminal courts or the standard miltiary courts-martial:

I also will reject a legal framework that does not work. There has been only one conviction at Guantanamo. It was for a guilty plea on material support for terrorism. The sentence was 9 months. There has not been one conviction of a terrorist act. I have faith in America’s courts, and I have faith in our JAGs. As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists.