But there’s no risk to the citizens of NY to try KSM in NY?
It’s about the image the Obama Administration wants to portray.
Certainly it would be wrong (to his base) to draw attention that we still have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And it would be wrong to draw attention to the last years of our original man in space pioneers as Obama is shutting down such missions.
And it would be wrong to let anyone, let alone an American, steal any limelight from Obama-Biden.