30. The show trial itself wouldn't have been the first part.
As long as Bin Laden was sitting in a U.S. prison, American citizens would have remained a target for every two-bit wanna-be jihadist trying to make a name for himself by "freeing" him.
"Free Bin Laden or we'll blow up this schoolbus full of children." "Free Bin Laden or we'll set off a car bomb in Times Square." "Free Bin Laden or we'll start kidnapping any American who leaves your country on vacation."
Or worse. They'll try to make America look foolish for imprisoning him by proving that they don't need him in order to be effective. That could get really ugly.
It's better to simply remove him from the playing field and be done with it.
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