[mikeash]

The trouble with making it context-sensitive like that is, how do you demonstrate that the person deserves the lower standard?

Your question is mis-phrased. It should be stated as, "What process is due to someone who is accused of spending a decade waging war against the US?"

It appears to be to be completely nonsensical to use the gravity of the accusations against a person to decide what kind of trial (or not) they should receive. The whole point of the trial is to find out whether the accusations are, in fact, true.

[kzrdude]

Don't ignore the teenager son who was also a victim, separately. No one in government has been willing to admit that this killing was anything other than intentional.