It isn’t just that he wants to give Khalid Sheik Mohammad and his pals a stage in Manhattan, Attorney General Holder and President Obama want to give the media a reason to bag on proponents of the war during the 2010, and the 2012 election cycles.
Obama Administration and al Qaeda to try Bush Presidency in court
If KSM, his crew AND his attorneys are talking about, it gives the MSM a reason to talk about it.
If, like with the Abu Grabass story, the MSM opens their news programs with whatever BS they consider the “revelations” of the day, and put it on the front page of their newspapers and news mags for months on end, people will either revolt, like they did in India, tune out completely, or believe it.
Either way, it puts those who don’t want to become Dhimmi on the defensive.