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NYC fearlessly ready for terror suspects
Quick ReadThe rule of law makes us different from our enemies, a uniquely American ability to be stern, secure and just.
Photo credit: AP | This July 2009 photo downloaded from an Arabic language Web site shows a man identified as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. An Obama administration official said Nov. 13, 2009, that he and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court.
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Here's the strange geography of terror fear: The farther you are from any real danger, the more jitters you are likely to feel.
Doubt me? Consider some of the political reaction to New York's coming terror trials.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will be brought to federal courthouse in lower Manhattan. There, on high-security...
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