I voted that I opposed the trial in NYC, but want to clarify (as I’ve been doing since the Administration made its intentions known).

I oppose the fact that the Administration is picking and choosing venues for some detainees but not others. If the tribunals are good for some detainees, it should be good for KSM and all the rest.

The Administration glosses over the fact that KSM and others are never going to see the light of day, and yet they’re going to get trials in federal court, where the risk of letting terrorists gain access to sensitive (but not classified) information is present.

At the same time, President Obama himself says that he expects a death sentence for KSM (way to go in prejudicing a potential jury pool, in a way far more profound than the NY Post cover from Saturday ever could).

But, since federal court was chosen as the venue, the SDNY is the appropriate venue for reasons that include the NYPD being able to provide better security than any other law enforcement in the nation and that the prosecutors in SDNY know how to prosecute terror trials, although the issues here are unique in that we’re not dealing with US citizens or individuals captured in the US, but rather those captured overseas and who are engaged in a war against the US.

Much more here.