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OPINION: Terror trials: Don't jeopardize us to prove a point

Ronald F. LaValle lives in Patchogue.

The rhetoric of those supporting the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al. in New York City is impressive, but it fails to make the case on several levels.

Some, including this newspaper's editorial board, glibly state that holding the trial in the city could once again make it a terrorist target. Well, my son and son-in-law work in the city, and...

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