It is true that our legal system is often a legitimate embarrassment in a number of ways, but public cases, even of Mafia Dons have positive values. For one, it becomes a public forum for the presentation of a lot of dirty laundry, and often that laundry has been soiled by both sides. This will always benefit the public. Just as Mafia Dons can't exist without friends in the system, neither could Bin Laden. If nothing else, an exposition of the drug relationships around Bin Laden wouldn't hurt John Q Public one bit. Neither would a public exposition of the role played in this by the Carter and Reagan administrations. Sweeping these things may well be the real motives behind Bush's secret tribunal games, and the key to promoting more of such things in the future. Given the billions blown in Afghanistan and the blowback from it, it is inexcusable not to publicly air the dirty linen.
I agree, but it won't happen because of Pres. Bush's family's dealings with the Carlyle Group.