Kerry Favors Trying Bin Laden In U.S. Court

The Associated Press reports that Kerry favors trying Osama bin Laden in U.S. courts:

"I want him tried for murder in New York City, and in Virginia and in Pennsylvania," where planes hijacked by al-Qaida operatives crashed Sept. 11, 2001, Kerry said in his first interview as the Democratic presidential nominee.

Kerry is wrong on this. If he is ever captured, bin Laden should be tried by a military tribunal. Trying bin Laden in a U.S. court would be a real spectacle. One needs only to look at the silliness of the Zacarias Moussaoui proceedings to see what a bad idea it is to try bin laden in a U.S. court.

Comments

[Steve]

I agree that it should be a Military Tribunal but that tribunal MUST be public.

[RMN]

Kerry is wrong,

Bin Laden should be tried in a military tribunal, as a prisoner of war or war criminal. Kerry wants to bring in all of John Edwards' fellow ambulance chasers, for their opportunity to defend Usama.