US Attorney General's Decision To Have Civilian Trials For The 9/11 Plotters Is Being Reversed

Khalid Sheik Mohammed

Obama Advisers Set To Recommend Military Tribunals For Alleged 9/11 Plotters -- Washington Post

President Obama's advisers are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, be prosecuted in a military tribunal, administration officials said, a step that would reverse Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s plan to try him in civilian court in New York City.

The president's advisers feel increasingly hemmed in by bipartisan opposition to a federal trial in New York and demands, mainly from Republicans, that Mohammed and his accused co-conspirators remain under military jurisdiction, officials said. While Obama has favored trying some terrorism suspects in civilian courts as a symbol of U.S. commitment to the rule of law, critics have said military tribunals are the appropriate venue for those accused of attacking the United States.

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My Comment: If true, many in President Obama's base and support are going to be livid with this decision. They should not be .... but unfortunately other factors are being at play right now, and it all involves playing politics.