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"It was such an honor to call Roy my friend. He, Ann and Linda and I have spent many wonderful moments together. He will always be remembered as "Mayor Wonderful". He was the best public servant the City of Austin has ever had. We will miss him and his wonderful spirit. We always expected him to be around. I always told him that he was like a father to me to which he would always reply, "I'm too young to be your father". Indeed, he was the youngest 83 year old I've ever seen. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Ann and the family."
"This is just another example of how this administration views the detainees as criminal defendants rather than enemies of war. That said, having been a federal prosecutor, the Southern District of New York is the best equipped office to prosecute terrorists. However, this also raises security concerns for New York which has consistently been a target of al Qaeda. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed deserves the most severe penalty in this world and the next."