re: #500 Olsonist

Actually, the venue is chosen based on where the crimes occurred. Having made the choice to try KSM in federal court, the SDNY was an appropriate venue for trying him because the WTC was in the SDNY. Other appropriate venues could have been in the Virigina District court where the Pentagon was located or the PA district court where Shanksville was located. However, of those, SDNY was the best option given its prior experience in trying terror cases (including WTC 1993).