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Holder Defends 9/11 Trial Decision

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Walter L. Newton11/18/2009 11:28:59 am PST

re: #303 Cineaste

Read what I said. I don’t care if he’s in a civilian court or a tribunal. That being said, the MCA was a badly written piece of legislation (no surprise, given the authors) and it has posed a host of legal problems ever since. I’m just not afraid of him being tried in public. We’re better than that. I don’t see why you think we can’t handle it as a society?

Please explain to me the “heightened” security risk we’ll face if that man is tried here, as opposed to all the other terrorists and drug king-pins we’ve tried here? (frankly, many of the drug king-pins are tried south of here but you know what I’m saying)

So, you are saying that the day to day risk that exists in NYC will be the same as when they are in town and a trial going on.

Same threat, any day, doesn’t matter, no difference. Right?