"But my point was that that the trials are really going to be blocked - it's just that they don't reflect well on the U.S. done this way. The trials need to be more like the Nuremburg trials and less like a secret tribunal."
Uh, the Nuremburg trials were tribunals.
Here's a link:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/imt.htm
Perhaps the one difference is that the war was over and there was no need to keep much, if any, information secret. Not exactly the same situation today, don't you aggee?
http://www.answers.com/tribunal&r=67
"tri·bu·nal (trī-byū'nəl, trĭ-) pronunciation n.
1. Law.
1. A seat or court of justice.
2. The bench on which a judge or other presiding officer sits in court.
2. A committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter.
3. Something that has the power to determine or judge: the tribunal of public opinion."
But you are right they were called tribunals at Nuremberg. They were public though and there were specific charges and legal representation.
But you do make a good point about the war being over.