I do not believe that bin Laden could have been convicted in a US court of Law. The burden of proof would not be met by the prosecution. Has the case ever been mooted? What were the outcomes?
He could have been convicted by a military tribunal, but the process would open that process up to such intense scrutiny that it would be rendered useless.
The reports I see said that the mission started off with a clear understanding that he was to be killed, period.
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Note addedMay 7, 2011:
There is a Navy SEAL on C-Span this AM. He mentioned that trainees spent thousands of hours shooting at target with images of bin Laden pasted on them. They were not in training for spotting him and yelling "Hands Up!"
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I, for one, don't think bin Laden would have been allowed to live under any circumstances. He would never have gone to trial. It's obvious now that the orders were to waste this guy. Period. Hell, man, it now appears there was only one guy in the compound (who was not a SEAL) who was even armed. And that guy wasn't bin Laden.
No doubt about it.
But Trump would like to see the Death Certificate, none the less.
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