William Safire: Seizing Dictatorial Power. Safire is a freak. He says we shouldn't corrupt our judicial system with military kangaroo courts. So far so good. But then he goes on to say that we should assassinate bin Laden and the other members of al Qaeda rather than let them surrender. If Bush's new courts are bad, and they are, because they deny due process and make a mockery of the concept of justice, why is flat-out killing the preferred option?