Military trials for civilians

[Lou Paulsen]

This idea was floated a couple weeks ago in a column - I forget where.  The
idea was that it might not be good to try Osama in a New York courtroom,
because he would have a chance to defend himself, they might not have enough
evidence against him, and so on.  Ideal, it said, would be to try him in a
military court, because they can impose whatever rules of procedure and
evidence they like, use hearsay, secret evidence, close it to the public,
and do pretty much whatever they like.  I'll try to find the column if I get
a chance.

lp