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Unsealed NY Indictment Reveals Case Against 5 Men
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The details of the criminal charges against the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other defendants became moot for a civilian jury when they were finally made public Monday, just as Attorney General Eric Holder was announcing the men will be prosecuted at a military tribunal instead of in a courthouse just blocks from the World Trade Center site. U.S. District Judge Kevin Duffy signed an order dismissing the indictment against Khalid Sheik Mohammed as he unsealed the Dec. 14, 2009 document, signed by U.S. attorneys Preet Bharara for the Southern District ...
Republicans Clash With Attorney General Eric Holder Over Terror Trials
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTelling a Senate panel, "We need not cower in the face of this enemy," Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that he decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other accused 9/11 masterminds in a civilian criminal court rather than a military tribunal because that is where he believes he has the best chance of convicting them. "I am a prosecutor," Holder said. "And as a prosecutor, my top priority was simply to select the venue where the government will have the greatest opportunity to present the strongest case and the best law." The top Republican on the Senate ...
Most Americans Say Accused 9/11 Mastermind Should Face a Military Court
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySixty-four percent of Americans disagree with the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other co-conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian court in New York City instead of having them face a military tribunal while 34 percent support a trial in a civilian court, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Nov. 13-15. Thirty=seven percent said the trial should take place in another country while the rest said it should be held somewhere in the U.S. "The decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in front of a civilian court is universally ...
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