Trying Times for the Big Apple

RealClearPolitics ^ | December 13, 2009 | Salena Zito

[Salena Zito]

NEW YORK - Eight years ago, President George W. Bush stood on a pile of rubble and told New Yorkers, "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." Perhaps President Barack Obama should take a cue from his predecessor and hear what New Yorkers say about his administration's decision to prosecute five Sept. 11 suspects here. Finding a New Yorker who is happy about that is difficult. "I don't see the upside," said Louis Polanco, a retired New York City cop. "The unprecedented...

[Seven plus One]

What good can result from any of this? That hasn't been satisfactorily explained.

[martin_fierro]

Perhaps President Barack Obama should take a cue from his predecessor and hear what New Yorkers say about his administration's decision to prosecute five Sept. 11 suspects here.

Perhaps The 0ne should stop emulating the terrorists.

[Star Traveler]

Ummm..., okay, I was just about ready to post some stuff about the Apple iPod and Apple iPhone... BUT — I see it’s a different “Apple”... LOL...

[Reeses]

Standard criminal procedure, she says, dictates that a trial be held in the jurisdiction where a criminal act is committed, absent a compelling reason to do otherwise.

compelling like pretrial publicity eliminating all appearances of an impartial jury? I'm embarrassed for America that we are now going to have political show trials to help reelect communists.

[Palladin]

This show trial in NYC is a travesty.

Anyone who missed Sean Hannity’s program interviewing survivors about Holder’s plan can see it tonight on FOX.
These people are still suffering greatly from their losses on 9-11.

Holder and Obama are heartless and cruel—just like the terrorists they are catering to.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

The trials should be fast and the verdicts given out with swift administration. Hang them or soak them in gas, light them on fire, and toss them off the Empire State building at midnight so all can watch. Bury them with a pack of bacon as well. Bury them in Central Park so all can spit on them.

[garjog]

“Perhaps The 0ne should stop emulating the terrorists.”

Tin Foil thought: Wonder if the Air Force One fly by of NYC was a hidden message to the Terrorists: “Don’t worry. We are on your side”?