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Have you seen my mind anywhere? I seem to have lost it...
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I have seen you future
The halos were brought to the Forerunner capital for decommissioning. They kept them at the capital for safekeeping, and there was already so much security at the Forerunner capital that they would be the most secure there.
There would be no point in keeping them farther from the capital because of the massive range of the installations. Remember that each of the rings could kill everything in a significant portion of the galaxy, and the capital was the most secure.
As for the Forerunners not expecting MB to betray them, return and fire the halos, MB was the most advanced AI the Forerunners had ever created and was designated as the overseer of the installations. All AI are programmed with fail safes to make sure that they don't betray the Forerunners. His betrayal is almost as likely as the President, and everyone else down the line, deciding to fire the United States' nuclear arsenal at the United States.
The only problem with the Forerunner's plan was sending the AI that oversaw the Halo rings to negotiate with the Gravemind. I am surprised that they didn't have the foresight to compartmentalize the information, and have a different AI negotiate. The Forerunners have a notable love for a "need to know" type of system, note how 343 didn't have any info on the other installations.