By GEOFF EARLE, Post Wires
June 18, 2008
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's foreign-policy advisers said yesterday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to US civilian courts.
Sen. John Kerry and former White House counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke said bin Laden would benefit from last week's Supreme Court decision giving terrorism suspects habeas corpus, the right to appeal their military detention to civilian courts.
Kerry said the ruling would have to be carried out by whichever candidate wins the presidency.
Meanwhile, Obama plans a visit to Israel, where he'll meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the newspaper Yediot Achronot reported.
