Despite what the ACLU bitched about right after 9/11, I'm pretty sure you DO get a trial if an enemy combatant gets caught attempting/committing terrorism in the United States. Most of those Gitmo prisoners were caught overseas, right?
What was Norman's tragic backstory? I thought it was the "Goblin formula" driving him insane. Paul Jenkins might have given him something about a childhood fear of the dark, but that's all I can think of.