I read this op-ed piece in the WSJ today and thought it to be an interesting (game-theorist approved ) theory on why the Obama administration and Eric Holder would try the 9/11 terrorists in NY.
In a nutshell, the administration would have forseen the move of the defendants in the case - who would have asked for reams of evidence about interrogations and surveillance to be brought out into the open. Assuming that the perpetrators would still be brought to justice - moving the trial would allow an adminstration who has been critical of past policy on these matters to have them viewed in the public light without being blamed for open criticism of our national security policy or being "soft on terrorists".
Politics aside - if true then I think it's a cunning move on their part.
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