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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. attorney's office. thank you for being with us. the president says 190 of these terrorists have been tried. eric holder says 300 of them ha...

Those allegedly responsible for the attacks of september 11 will face justice. they'll 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 administration's push for change of venue an attack on holder's judgment? joining us, todd harrison, former deputy chief of the terrorism section in the u.s. attorney's office. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to ask you what eric holder's options are. he came out with the president' backing and he decid...

Today. starting in the '60s, going all the way up until the mid '80s, the u.s. government didn't 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 security. >> that cia, in the early days of the reagan administration, there was a position called the...