White House Yet To Settle On Venue For 9/11 Trials -- Wall Street Journal
The Obama administration is keeping its options open on where to try the alleged perpetrators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
White House adviser David Axelrod, speaking Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said the administration hasn’t made a final decision on the issue yet. “Obviously there are a series of things we have to weigh.” He said it “has to influence our thinking” that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, citing costs, opposed holding civilian trials for terror suspects in the city.
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My Comment: A friend of mine summed it up best about the Administrations 9/11 trial kerfuffle. They are a bunch of law professors groping for a political solution on a legal matter that should be put in front of a military commission.
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