"NEW YORK IS NOT AFRAID OF TERRORISTS": Rep. Nadler

[kpete]

“I thank the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder for their diligent efforts to bring to justice those who have committed acts of terrorism against the United States. In particular, I applaud the decision to bring those individuals responsible for the attack on the World Trade Center to New York to face trial in our federal courts. New York is not afraid of terrorists, we want to confront them, we want to bring them to justice, and we want to hold them accountable for their despicable actions.

“It is fitting that they be tried in New York, where the attack took place. On that day almost 3,000 innocent men, women, and children were murdered, and New York has waited far too long for the opportunity to hold these terrorists responsible. We have handled terrorist trials before, and we welcome this opportunity to do so again. Any suggestion that our prosecutors and our law enforcement personnel are not up to the task of safely holding and successfully prosecuting terrorists on American soil is insulting and untrue. I invite any of my colleagues who say that they are afraid to bring detainees into the United States to face trial to come to New York and see how we handle them.

http://www.americablog.com/2009/11/rep-nadler-new-york-is-not-afraid-of.html

[annabanana]

1. I KNOW!. . The moaning & wringing of hands and clutching of pearls

by the concern trolls of corpomedia is very very funny.

I think NYC can, you know, handle it.

[aquart]

5. I don't think any of them are actually IN NYC.

As for that Congressional idiot who worries that a terrorist will have a platform........man has never walked down a NY street.

[alsame]

2. K&R from this New Yorker. nt

[DebbieCDC]

3. No kidding

I lived/worked in NYC/North Jersey back in the mid-1980's. They can take anything anyone can dish out and give it back ten times over.

On edit:

Maybe the 'pukes need a "fainting couch" like Betty Draper bought in "Mad Men". I'll bet hers is up for sale!!!

[fascisthunter]

4. It seems the right wing have no problem with right wing terrorists

ironic thing is, muslim extremists are right wing as well.

[Beetwasher]

6. I'm A 9/11 Survivor And This Is OK By Me

All the cowardly Repubs need to shut the fuck up. I'm not afraid.