War Crimes Tribunals on Pay Per View

I realize that most pundits, professors and otherwise knowledgable people believe that Bush Administration officials will not be prosecuted. And, yet, how can they not be? The have admitted it! I believe Obama will move slowly, but, the case will build itself with an inexorable logic. The longer this goes on, the more irresistable will be the obligation to prosecute.

This need not be an expensive proposition for the American taxpayer. As with the inauguration, the Obama administration can sell the broadcast rights to HBO with the provision, of course, that it be freely available in real time, in order to fund the cost to the government. Perhaps pay per view for a live feed, with copies made available later and clips allowed. Press, photographers and observers would be allowed attendance, but we could sell HBO the exclusive re-broadcast rights in some negotiated fashion that didn't completely forestall a public record of it. Limited copyright or some such.

Anyway, think of the lesson to future generations if the american public were to consume an american nuremberg trial a la oj simpson. talk about must see tv. it'd be a talking heads all you can eat buffet of sound bites and analysis.

the obama administration can walk and chew gum at the same time. it is important that this criminal chapter be exposed, prosecuted and reflected upon. while currently there seems to be little apptetite for prosecutions, there is even less appetite for sweeping the matter under the rug. eventually, we will develop an appetite for prosecution and come up with a plan to pay for it.