ANOTHER CASE FOR JUDGE JUDY – AT 8:40 A.M. ET:  This bin Laden family, they show such respect for the rule of law.  I'm almost moved.  I wonder what the jury will say.  From London's Daily Mail:

Osama Bin Laden's son has denounced the Al Qaeda leader's killing as 'criminal' and said he reserves the right to take legal action against America.

And the sad fact is that there are probably plenty of lawyers here who would take the case. 

The statement apparently made by Omar Bin Laden has appeared on an Islamist website.

Omar, who is Bin Laden's fourth eldest son, claimed he and the Al Qaeda chief's other children are reserving the right to take legal action in the U.S. and internationally to 'determine the true fate of our vanished father', said the SITE Intelligence Group, an online monitoring service.

He also branded his father's burial at sea as a 'humiliation' for his family.

I think we should send him one of our grief counselors.  I can understand how humiliated he is that daddy didn't get a funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue. 

There was no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the letter. It was published on the website of Islamist ideologue Abu Walid al-Masri.

Several specialists on militant propaganda said the text appeared genuine.

And several members of Pakistan's parliament interrupted proceedings yesterday to hold a prayer vigil in memory of bin Laden. 

We learn now that John Kerry is rushing to Pakistan to soothe relations.  That should do it.  A few hours with John on his yacht, and Pakistani officials should be pro-American once more.  Gosh, I wish he'd run for president again.

May 11, 2011