The New York Post is reporting that since New Yorkers are a bunch of wussies (according to the Center for American Progress), then the Justice Department has to find a new venue for the trial. Inside sources say they are looking at moving the trial to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Administration officials said that no final decision had been made but that officials of the Department of Justice and the White House were working feverishly to find a venue that would be less expensive and less of a security risk than New York City.
The back-to-the-future Gitmo option was reported yesterday by Fox News and was not disputed by White House officials.
Such a move would likely bring howls of protest from liberals already frustrated that President Obama has failed to meet his deadline for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
It would also indicate that after years of attacking the Bush administration for its handling of the war on terror, Obama officials are embracing one of the most controversial aspects of it.
This administration is starting to look less like the well oiled machine that derailed the Clinton campaign and won America’s imagination and more like an episode of Keystone Kops. If this happens, it does nothing to strengthen the Obama Administration.
It does, however, strengthen the likelihood of Obama facing a primary challenger in 2012. Hillary perhaps?
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