Other intelligence available to Eric says that if he puts KSM on trial someplace, e.g. DC, NYC, Detroit, Boston ~ maybe even GITMO ~ AlQaida is going to take their bomb to that place and set it off.
So, Eric evaluates where he can get the best return for his efforts and finally settles on NYC. That way the bomb will take out the entire Business District, the international bankers, most of the Jews in the United States, KSM (so he can't talk anymore), and some of the career lawyers in DOJ he doesn't particularly like.
It all becomes clear!
The other thing they found was that a lot of the AQ members had BBC phone numbers on their quick dial. Just to keep in touch with their PR people.
“That way the bomb will take out the entire Business District, the international bankers”
Scratch that. Nuking NYC would mean that the ground zero mosque would be wiped out too. Can’t have THAT!