The Real Scandal

The real scandal is not that bin Laden was not given a trial but that he was not interrogated. We went in to kill him because we knew that if we had him there would be too much pressure to give him a trial. We could have gotten a lot of useful information out of him even if he had been uncooperative and we had confined ourselves to the Army Field Manual rules. Once again, Churchill had the right idea--draw up a list of modest length (now, now, Joe, don't get greedy), find them and kill them.