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Those folks are in maximum security prisons right now, and there have been no escapes, and it is a virtue of our system that we should be proud of. gregg: those comments coming in response to the latest backlash over the 9/11 trials, new york officials saying the trial will result in a billion dollars security nightmare in lower manhattan. todd harrison is a former federal prosecutor, former deputy chief of the terrorism section in the new york county u.s. attorneys office. thank you for being w...

Those allegedly responsible for the attacks of september 11 will face justice. theyll be brought to new york, to new york, to answer for their alleged crimes in a courthouse just blocks away from where the twin towers stood. >> that decision is under review. is the administrations push for change of venue an attack on holders judgment? joining us, todd harrison, former deputy chief of the terrorism section in the u.s. attorneys office. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i want...

Today. starting in the 60s, going all the way up until the mid 80s, the u.s. government didnt know how to approach this problem. >> all of our attention was placed toward counter espionage, the threat of the soviet menace. very little resources were dedicated to this nebulous terrorist threat that was starting to appear. even within the fbi, the terrorism section was kind of a small group within the criminal investigative division. it had nothing to do with intelligence. nothing to do with secur...