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And have federal court in military installation? >> mike: two issues to have military or civil trial and the other is whether to try in a place like a traditional courtroom or to move the venue to some place that is a little safer. your family has been in chinatown since 1890. >> yes. >> mike: what does this mean to the businesses that you own in chinatown? >> well, it's interesting, i've seen tremendous amount of recovery attempts after 9/11. we saw a large amount of residential and commercial flight from our area. a number of people in chinatown immediately after it was announced got togethe...

The attorney general made his big pronouncement that it's coming to new york you said this is okay and you wrote an op-ed piece. you since definitely and clearly changed your mind and now you are one of the leading voices against this being in new york. what changed? >> what changed my mind is basically the fact that the nypd released the security segment that showed there be 2,000 check points over lower manhattan and it would cost $200 million a year in security. as lawyer, it's soliquiotor is speaking for itself, it's patently unsafe to have the trial in lower manhattan. the community board...

Civilian trial on a military base. there are two issues, the first is security obviously and the second is the cost of such a interesting trial. >> jamie: are you saying have it as a civilian trial, which is important to the administration. they do not want this to be a military trial but a civilian trial with the rights that you and i have for these terror suspects. you think it's a location change, not a change of the type of case. >> my personal opinion is it should be a military tribunal. the system is fair an good way to go but i don't think the administration can give up on the path they...

And we know that there have been successful ones held in the civilian courts. earlier -- i want to play sound we had from a senator on the homeland security committee. here's what he said about what could happen to eric holder. >> i think the administration is undoubtedly going to back pedal significantly. there's conversation on capitol hill as to what this might do to eric holder's career and whether or not he becomes the first casualty of the obama administration. >> that's a prediction this could cost holder his position. what do you think about that? >> i don't know the answer but it seem...

So i think a second mistake would be to put it in another city in the united states. >> eric: what about the fact it's not in a military trial when eric holder announced khalid sheik mohammed and the other codefendants would go to a sizzle civilian trial but also five others are going to a military trial. >> i can't follow the logic because if you follow the obama plan, any place in the united states where there's a terrorist attack, there will be a civilian trial with the terrorists so if it happens in iowa or kansas, their cities will be locked down. i don't know why we don't use the money f...