Posted on 01/06/2010 1:04:53 PM PST by reaganaut1
The Bloomberg administration has placed the price for security operations for the trials of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other terrorism suspects connected to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at more than $200 million a year, which would make it by far the costliest security operation for a single event in the city in recent memory.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg outlined the city’s projected security expenses in a two-page letter that was sent on Tuesday to Peter R. Orszag, the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget. The letter, which seeks federal reimbursement for the full costs of providing security for the trials, was released by City Hall officials on Wednesday.
In the letter, the mayor said the cost for security operations would be $216 million for the first year and $206 million per year in subsequent years. Much of the expense — about $200 million each year — would be for personnel, the mayor wrote.
The rest of the money would be directed to equipment-related expenses of $12.5 million in the first year and $2.5 million in any subsequent years.
Although the mayor stressed that the city needed the “federal government to shoulder the significant costs we will incur and ease this burden,” he did not argue that the trials should not be held in New York.
Mr. Bloomberg also sought to cast the cost estimate in a realistic light, comparing it with the $50 million spent on security for the Republican National Convention in 2004.
However, with security for the coming trials necessitating coverage “around the clock over a period of years,” as the mayor wrote, it was difficult to assess how a 52-week security package would cost just four times as much as security in 2004 for fewer than seven days.
(Excerpt) Read more at cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com ...
More money to anti-American lawyers. And traitors within the system can work to undercut the case.
Maybe we’ll see another pentagon bomber who’s “guilty as sin, free as a bird”.
How much does a bullet cost?????????????????????
And then there will be the retrials.
The list, ping
Explosive reached Ireland after failed test
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0105/dorset.html
Maybe someone will want to post this.
Nothing. I volunteer to fly to GITMO at my expense, will donate any bullets necessary, will pull the trigger and will police my shells. Next problem?
Wait until the Jury Pool is advised to have the Wills in order.
You really think he's gonna sign a death certificate for a Muzzie....this same born and raised Muzzie!!
Hey New York - You voted for Bambi... How are you liking it now?
No problem. This is New York City we’re talking about. They can just raise their taxes to pay for it.
imagine a muslim on the jury.
And be sure that E. Holder is present at a much of the trials as possibile.`
Disgusting. I hate I am paying a dime to fund this debacle. I am glad for ONE thing though — it’s happening in New York City. If the MAJORITY of New Yorker’s voted for Barack Obama, they are getting JUST what they deserve! Enjoy the circus, suckers.
PS - to those good New Yorkers who will be made the victims of this foolishness, I truly am sorry.
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