Lessons From Nuremberg

"... at Nuremberg our civilization designed a vehicle to anathemize men imbued with evil. And it created a historical narrative that proved invaluable throughout the decades since. The case against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his friends must develop a similar, vital history of Al Qaeda to inform generations to come. Nuremberg is a precedent on which the United States can build with pride in this new and essential trial"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/opinion/10shawcross.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=opinion