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> From: "Mark Lennox" <mark@...>
>
> They have stated that if the US supplies proof of
> his guilt then he will be brought to trial (I'm aware that such a trial
> might well be a mockery of justice but how and ever until that is shown to
> be a fact...)

Regarding that little point.  At least, in the US, you provide the proof at
trial -- there is no obligation to present it to the defendant (or his
cohorts) before trial.  To get to trial, you need an indictment by a grand
jury - so you must present enough evidence to convince them.  And the grand
jury proceedings can be secret or sealed.  So, the US really has no
obligation at all to present the Taliban with any evidence.  But perhaps,
they should present it to a sealed grand jury type of thing in a World Court
somewhere... perhaps that's been done?  In any case, Bin Laden has already
been indicted in at least three bombings, so that's sufficient to arrest
him.