By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — Steam is building to move the 9/11 terrorism trial from New York City to a military base.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was once for it, has declared it a bad and very expensive idea. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein concurs. And Politico reports that the Obama administration is considering a move.
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa writes in Politics Daily that President Obama can do a lot of things “but he cannot push New York City around.” Many in New York and outside were up in arms, citing the potential disruption in the city, the potential dangers and the high cost of providing security.
” You don’t have to be a politician or a lawyer to see the idea was misguided,” Torregrosa writes. “It had a touch of arrogance, going against the grain, and a bit of the out-of-touch attitude that has plagued the Obama presidency.”
