The man who led New York City through the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath has spoken out against the Obama administration's decision to try the planners of those attacks in a civilian court. Asked on Fox News Sunday to respond to Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his accomplices will be brought to New York "to answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away from where the twin towers once stood," Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said:

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I don't agree with him. I mean, the reality is I agree with him the New York City Police Department can handle the security. No question about it. And of course, if the case had to be in New York, we should handle it. It doesn't have to be.

There are going to be military tribunals for other terrorists. Why wouldn't you have military tribunals for this terrorist? And of course it's going to create more security concerns. Just wait and see how much money New York City spends on this in order to protect him.

And finally, we're kind of granting his wish. His wish was to be brought to New York. It really makes no sense to me to be granting him his wish. He should be tried in a military tribunal. He is a war criminal. This was an act of war.

We made this mistake once before in 1993. We didn't read the intentions correctly. And then we ended up with three more attacks on American soldiers and the attack of September 11th.

It would seem to me that the Obama administration would read that history and not make this mistake. But of course, this is the administration that told us that there was no war on terror. The only problem is the terrorists seem to believe there is a war on us. (source)

Perhaps when President Obama returns from his useless trip to Asia, he'll be ready to face that reality.