means you can jump in anytime you want it was sixty five years ago almost to the day the international tribunal military tribunals sat in nuremberg in judgment of nazi war criminals first of all i'd like to go to you douglas what is the overall legacy in your opinion sixty five years on was justice served. you know i think justice was served i mean i think it's it's probably i think we could all agree that it's the single most important precedent in the development of international criminal law and i think the most important basic principle that is stablished was that heads of state can be held accountable before international tribunals for the atrocities that are perpetrated in their name ok well if i could stay with you then i mean would you like to amend that by saying some heads of states can be held accountable for what they do in the world yes absolutely i mean going to exaggerate the achievements of international criminal law i mean i think we all recognize that international criminal law is very much a work in progress but nonetheless we have seen kind of relatively remarkable thing is i mean ev

military and civilian trials. anything that happens overseas on the battlefield or has direct links to an international terrorism group, those people are subjecting themselves to military commission's military tribunals not your classic domestic criminal justice system case. for security reasons and two for evidentiary reasons. the type of evidence that you are going to collect on the battlefield or in some of these international cases it is easier to use that type of evidence in military than in domestic. gal lanny probably wouldn't have been acquitted if the other evidence had been allowed to come in there are some cases that would be more appropriate to be tried in civilian courts. i tried a case in 2006 where two local individuals who had come from pakistan and egypt but grown-up in the united states were plotting to place a bomb in the new york city subway they no links to international terrorism groups although they would have liked to. cases like that can be handled well by our domestic criminal system. there arey a lot of cases the obama administration is trying to put in civilian courts that should be handled in military tribunals. >> kelly: coming up is khalid sheikh mohammed ham medicine

international tribunal. it cannot be easy to heal the breach betwee lawyers and the military.whenever culres merged on common ground, there is adjustment going on and we calibration. there is no way to do this without discomfort. first, it must be embraced as a worthy project. the law schools need to be unsealed. pro bono activity should be credited as much by service to the military as by suing it. [applause] the judge advocate general course should be recognized as integral for the common project of justice. those in the mility service should be recognized by us as appears in the defense of our constitutional republic. the military calling should be understood to be a profession among professions, ancient, honorable, ethical, expert, and indispensable. thank you for listening. [applause] next, a conversation with former representative jim russell and then the state department briefing and then a federalist society panel on the dodd-franc act. >> live, this weekend, join our authors as booktv heads to the miami book fair international. follow the authors and panel discussions

international tribunal. it cannot be easy to heal the breach between lawyers and the military.whenever cultures merged on common ground, there is adjustment going on and we calibration. there is no way to do this without discomfort. first, it must be embraced as a worthy project. the law schools need to be unsealed. pro bono activity should be credited as much by service to the military as by suing it. [applause] the judge advocate general course should be recognized as integral for the common project of justice. those in the military service should be recognized by us as appears in the defense of our constitutional republic. the military calling should be understood to be a profession among professions, ancient, honorable, ethical, expert, and indispensable. thank you for listening. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> next, president obama and nato officials open a two-day meeting in lisbon. then a review of the war in afghanistan. then senator elect michael lee and several -- and senato

international tribunal. it cannot be easy to heal the breach between lawyers and the military.whenever cultures merged on common ground, there is adjustment going on and we calibration. there is no way to do this without discomfort. first, it must be embraced as a worthy project. the law schools need to be unsealed. pro bono activity should be credited as much by service to the military as by suing it. [applause] the judge advocate general course should be recognized as integral for the common project of justice. those in the military service should be recognized by us as appears in the defense of our nstitutional republic. the military calling should be understood to be a profession among professions, ancient, honorable, ethical, expert, and indispensable. thank you for listening. [applause] >> earlier this week, the associated press reported that alaska center lease some accounts the won reelection despite being a white in candidates. that is the first time that has happened in almost 60 years. the senate finally has a complete 100 members for the next congress. democrats ret