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**wowwieholmes** · 12-08-2009, 04:27 PM

They should be tried, however I don't see the point of bringing Manhattan to a standstill with massive police convoys. Why not just try them in a civil court on a Military base or in a specially

One of the reasons NYC was chosen is that the US District Court for Southern District of New York has experience (Eastern District of Virginia will co-prosecute).

There won't be any police convoys or traffic gridlock. Defendants will be held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a holding jail for federal prisoners on trial. It's behind St Andrews church, and has a windowless footbridge to the US Courthouse and a tunnel to the newer court building. You'll never see the defendants.

The residents of Chatham Towers have a legitimate gripe, but that's more about security barricades and the presence of media in the neighborhood.

The rest of the complaints, most notably from outside New York, are jingoistic rhetoric about sacred US soil and "elevating" the status of the defendants.

That's a matter of opinion, and mine is that treating them as common criminals lowers their status. An enemy-combatant actually has an elevated status over a civilian; he has a license to kill within the framework of a war.

12-08-2009, 04:27 PM	#18
wowwieholmes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	They should be tried, however I don't see the point of bringing Manhattan to a standstill with massive police convoys. Why not just try them in a civil court on a Military base or in a specially One of the reasons NYC was chosen is that the US District Court for Southern District of New York has experience (Eastern District of Virginia will co-prosecute). There won't be any police convoys or traffic gridlock. Defendants will be held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a holding jail for federal prisoners on trial. It's behind St Andrews church, and has a windowless footbridge to the US Courthouse and a tunnel to the newer court building. You'll never see the defendants. The residents of Chatham Towers have a legitimate gripe, but that's more about security barricades and the presence of media in the neighborhood. The rest of the complaints, most notably from outside New York, are jingoistic rhetoric about sacred US soil and "elevating" the status of the defendants. That's a matter of opinion, and mine is that treating them as common criminals lowers their status. An enemy-combatant actually has an elevated status over a civilian; he has a license to kill within the framework of a war.
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