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Senators Clash Over Worst Scenario: What If 9/11 Masterminds Go Free?

Shortly after Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks will stand trial in a New York City criminal court, he went to Capitol Hill to explain his decision at a Senate hearing. One after another, senators quizzed him about his choice to forego the military's tribunal system. Holder insisted he would have a better chance of convicting the terrorists in a federal court, despite its stricter rules about evidence obtained under duress or from hearsay. But a question from Sen. Herb Kohl, a Democrat from Wisconsin, left ...

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