If Bin Laden Caught Alive, Obama Would Try in Federal Courts

President Obama, if Osama bin Laden were caught alive, would have had him tried in federal courts, according to an upcoming piece in Vanity Fair.

In an adaptation from his new book, The Finish—first reported for Vanity Fair—magazinecontributing editor Mark Bowden reveals that President Obama intended to put Osama bin Laden on trial in the federal court system if he had been captured, rather than killed, during the Abbottabad raid. Bowden had access to key players including C.I.A. deputy director Michael Morell and the president himself.