Alleged 9/11 Masterminds To Be Tried In NYC
Obwon
Alleged 9/11 Masterminds To Be Tried In NYC
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 04:30 PM PST
This is heartening news,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111300740.html?hpid=topnews
and goes a long way toward breaking the culture of fear by
bringing these men into our midst. Yes, I assume the
security will have to be stringent, but there's something to
be said for bringing this trial home:
Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- the self-proclaimed mastermind
of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- and four co-defendants
will be tried in federal court in New York instead of a
military commission, a federal official said early Friday.
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Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused of orchestrating th e
bombing of the USS Cole when it was docked off the coast of
Yemen in 2000, will be tried at a military commission, said
the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because
the decisions have not yet been formally announced by the
Justice Department.
The long-awaited decisions on prosecution, part of
President Obama's quest to close the military detention
center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, do not affect the vast
majority of the 215 prisoners held at the prison. The
decisions come on the same day that White House counsel
Gregory B. Craig, a key manager of Obama's Guantanamo Bay
policy, is expected to announce his resignation.
[...] "I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheik
Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of
justice," Obama said. "The American people insist on it, and
my administration will insist on it."
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