Yeah, this bothers me. Secret trials are not ok with me, unless the defendant waives his right to a public one. I hope the Supreme Court looks into it.
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The SCOTUS has generally held the the Constitution does not extend to foreigners. There is also the issue of "foreign combatant", in which case the Geneva Convention holds and not the Constitution anyway.
I feel no pity for a foreigner planning military attacks on my country being held without trial until the end of hostilities - which is the case for POWs. Since that isn't likely that the Islamofascists are going to sign a treaty with the U.S., he can rot in his cell as far as I am concerned.
The Constitution absolutely extends to foreigners in America (particularly if they're here legally), although various due process protections may be truncated by deportation.
Furthermore, if there are secret criminal trials of foreigners (not military tribunals), how can we know there aren't secret trials going on involving citizens? The only possible assurance we can have is if there aren't any secret trials at all.