held? >> no. i don't want to hold myself out as, you know, omniscient or anything like that. the reality is that i know this case in a way that members of the congress do not. i looked at the files. i have spoken to the prosecutors. i know the tactical concerns that have to go ininto then tto decision. do i know better than them? yes. i respect the ability to disagree, but they should respect the fact that this is an executive branch function, unique executive branch function. i have to deal with the situation as i find it, and i have reluctantly made the determination that these cases should be brought in a military commission. >> and the public, such as the groups in new york city that came to oppose the trial there, should they have any voice at all in such a decision? >> we took into account a whole variety of things in trying to make a determination of where the cases could be brought and one of the reasons i wanted to bring it to otisville prison which is in the southern