Justice by Geography: In World War II, the United States destroyed Nagasaki without pausing to see whether the first atom bomb, dropped on Hiroshima three days earlier, would induce Japanese surrender. Half a century later, few Americans complain about this incident. In World War II, the United States rounded up Japanese Americans and deprived them of their liberty. Half a century later, this wartime expedient is denounced as heinous. Incinerating a civilian is apparently better than locking him up, if the lockup is at home. Geography is everything. Now consider the Bush administration's decision last week to authorize military tribunals for trying foreigners suspected of terrorist connections. The most troubling part was that these tribunals potentially may be set up at home, not just in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Abroad, tribunals seem possibly okay; after all, there's a war going on out there. At home, they are harder to stomach; after all, there's a Bill of Rights to protect here.