Although the friendly interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the history taught us not to be naive. Teaching Islam and establishing a mosque near the ground zero looks a bit suspicious.
Listening the interview with the Imam cheered me up, he is in charge of this Islamic center and he sounds like a nice person with nice intentions. But the world has changed, and we mustn't delude ourselves that the danger had disappeared. NYC is an enormous city, there must be someone who tried to transmit a message to the western world when deciding about this specific point.
The Imam said he is sensitive about this issue, than he should be the one to say 'no' to his guys and find a different spot.