Death is what he wants and what he'll get only if you accommodate him.

He wants you to sentence him to death. He came to America to die in jihad and you are his last chance. He clearly sees that as his last way to martyrdom.

You must nevertheless open yourselves to the possibility of a sentence other than death.

You can confine him to a miserable existence until he dies.

He is baiting you into it. He came to America to die, and you are his last chance.

The idea that he will be part of a prisoner exchange is absurd. He is 100 percent certain that he will walk out of there before President Bush's term expires. That is a delusion.