The Lede: KSM Trial Moves, Upstate NY Braces for Prison Closures

Today's front page (newseum.org)

KSM Military Tribunal at Gitmo:"it marked a significant moment of capitulation in the Obama administration’s largely frustrated effort to dismantle counterterrorism architecture left behind by former President George W. Bush." (NY Times)

Local Reactions:"this is the final nail in the coffin of that wrong-headed idea," said Schumer. (NY Daily News)

Political Losers:"Basically, Holder and DOJ got rolled." (Slate)

Holder Blames Congress:"I know this case in a way that members of Congress do not." (Talking Points Memo)

Actor Jeremy Irons Takes on Bloomberg:"Smokers deserve the same protection as disabled people and children." (London Daily Mail)

Cathie Black's 17 Percent Approval: “It is a long way from 50 percent, where you can at least say the city is divided about her. There’s no real core support.” (NY Times)

Compromise Bill on Sex Abuse Lawsuits in CT: "How is a defendant to defend against against a claim, potentially 60 years after an event happened?" (CT Mirror)

Testimony in Police Rape Case:"The officers returned to the apartment repeatedly because she had asked them to check on her, even telling them to take her keys." (NY Times)

Christie Attacks Double-Dipping, while County Exec Partakes:"Mr. DiVincenzo said he believes the pension system must be reformed, but he is taking advantage of the way the system operates now to do what is right for his family." (Wall Street Journal)

Cuomo's Man on Hudson Power Cable:"he made it clear that he had a mandate from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to rescue the power-cable project." (NY Times)

Package Mailed to Peter King:"The severed pig's foot was accompanied by a letter filled with anti-Semitic slurs." (NY Daily News)