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Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on January 29, 2010

The horror of the 9/11 attacks: Firemen continue to fight the fires that sprout up from within the rubble of the World Trade Center in this September 19, 2001 file photo. (REUTERS/PA2 Tom Sperduto/US Coast Guard)

This is just breaking from New York Times… U.S. to Move 9/11 Trial From New York City, Official Says:

The Obama administration on Friday gave up on its plan to try the Sept. 11 plotters in Lower Manhattan, bowing to almost unanimous pressure from New York officials and business leaders to move the terrorism trial elsewhere.

“I think I can acknowledge the obvious,” an administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We’re considering other options.”

The reversal on where to try the accused 9/11 terrorists blocks from the former World Trade Center site seemed to come suddenly this week, after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg abandoned his strong support for the plan and said the cost and disruption would be too great.

But behind the brave face that many New Yorkers had put on for weeks, resistance had been gathering steam.

After a New York dinner Dec. 14, Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, pulled aside David Axelrod, President Obama’s closest adviser, to convey an urgent plea: move the trial out of Manhattan.

In a series of presentations in recent weeks — to business leaders, local elected officials and community representatives of Chinatown — New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly laid out his plan for securing the trial: blanketing a swath of Lower Manhattan with police checkpoints, vehicle searches, rooftop snipers and canine patrols.

“They were not well received,” said one city official.

And last Tuesday, in a meeting Mr. Bloomberg had with at least two dozen federal judges on the 8th floor of their Manhattan courthouse, one judge raised the question of security. The mayor, according to several people present, said he was sure the courthouse could be made safe, but that it would be costly and difficult.

Paint me cynical, but New York protesters, conservative pundits, and millions of Americans across the nation have been outraged and vocally against this trial being held in New York City for months. Many don’t believe that a civilian trial should be granted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his terrorist buddies — KSM is a self-professed terrorist who has declared war on infidels, war on America.

I believe the Massachusetts Senate race was a huge eye-opener for Democrat politicians. “Reality check” if you know what I mean.

Relocating the terrorists’ trial seems to be more of a political CYA than a genuine common sense response, but that’s OK. This outrageously expensive, emotionally draining, security nightmare of a trial won’t be held in lower Manhattan in the shadow of the World Trade Center, and that’s much more important as an outcome — the motivation of that outcome, while frustrating and galling, can be filed away “for future reference.”

Baby steps toward doing the right thing is much better than giant leaps to do the wrong thing.

You kept the faith, New York, and let your voices be heard… bravo for you. Let freedom ring!

Related reading:
Weasel Zippers: Obama Retreats: No KSM Trial In NYC…
John M. O’Hara, Big Government: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Terror Trials in the Big Apple
Ace of Spades HQ: Traitorous Bastard…”Hey Sorry That We In Al Qaeda Are Cowards And Kill Lots Of Muslims”
Flopping Aces: More CYA From The Obama White House…Christmas Day Bomber Now Talking Because Of Family
And so it goes in Shreveport: Eric Holder Defends His Decision to Bring KSM to New York City
Stop The ACLU: Oops! Americans Overwhelmingly Disagree With Obama On Civilian KSM Trial
Track-A-’Crat: History Is Bunk
Gateway Pundit: 9-11 Terrorists Ready to Rock New York City In Terror Show Trials and Flashback: Obama Says KSM Will Get “Full Military Trial” (Video) and Smart Power… 9-11 Mastermind Will Face Trial in NY Civilian Court.
Charles Krauthammer, Real Clear Politics: Explaining Away Mass Murder
Atlas Shrugs: OUTRAGE: GITMO Comes to Chicagoland
Frugal Café Blog Zone: New York City Has Not Forgotten 9-11 Horrors, Mr. President (video) and Rudy Giuliani: Obama’s Shocking Decision Is Dangerous, Irresponsible to Try 9-11 Terrorists As Common Criminals in NYC (video) and NYC Will Be a Living Hell During 9-11 Terrorist Mastermind’s Travesty of a Civilian Trial, Thanks to Obama and 9/11 Remembrance: Rena Sam-Dinnoo, Rest in Peace
Kevin McCullough, Townhall.com: NYC to Obama: No You Won’t
Greg Knapp, Big Government: Don’t Worry, It’s Only $400-$600 Million to Try Terrorists in NYC
Andrew McCarthy, National Review Online: ‘Bring my lawyer! — That’s what’s so beautiful about America.’
Gateway Pundit: Weak. Obama Says It Was Holder’s Decision to Send Terrorists to New York For Trial (Video)
HillBuzz: For our friend Jane, we will do everything in our power to make sure Obama suffers at the ballot box for what he’s doing to New York
Logistics Monster: Sarah Palin’s Reaction To The 9/11 Terrorist Trials In NYC
Gathering of Eagles NY: Candidates for Impeachment: Eric Holder and Barack Obama
Sister Toldjah: KSM’s NYC show trial and how AQ will be paying close attention
Blue Crab Boulevard: The Obama Incentive Program

Nice Deb: Confirmed: NYC Show Trial Will Be Platform For Terrorist Propaganda and Video:Senator Sessions Questions Atty. Gen. Holder + Latest Polls and More and Rep Pete Hoekstra on KSM Terror Trial, Fort Hood Shooting. and Video: Reactions To Obama Administration’s Decision To Try Terrorists In NYC
The Powers That Be: Civil Trial for Khalid Mohammed Puts Obama on Sheikhy Ground
On My Watch: Obama to Terrorists: Have a New York Radical Muslim Platform
Hot Air: Webb: Criminal trials for 9/11 terrorists a bad idea and Feds dropped inquiry into Hasan’s contacts with jihadis because … he didn’t seem violent and Why was Hasan still in the Army?
Michelle Malkin: Bombshell: Obama bringing KSM to NYC for trial; former Bush AG Mukasey to respond at Federalist Society this afternoon
VotingFemale Speaks! Obama will Torture New Yorkers; Will Try 911 Terrorist War Fighters as common criminals; sets up their walking free on basis of treatment as war fighters
Atlas Shrugs: NYC Dhimmi Mayor Mike Hosts World Trade Center Bomb Plotter SIRAJ WAHHAJ “Unindicted conspirator” called the FBI and CIA the “real terrorists,” and “all Americans eventually become Muslim”
The Anchoress: 800,000 Converts from Islam?
Vets On The Watch: KSM- Coming To A City Near You
USA Today: Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire

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