Monday, April 4, 2011

9/11 Plotters To Be Tried In Guantanamo By A Military Commission

The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. (Getty Images/File)

9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed To Be Tried By Military Commission -- ABC News

Some Sept. 11 Suspects Were to Have Been Tried in New York City

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Department of Justice officials said today.

Mohammed was to have been tried in New York City, but city officials strongly objected to the move and Congress refused to appropriate funds to house Guantanamo inmates on mainland United States and to provide funds for a trial of extraordinary expense.

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More News On Military Trials For 9/11 Conspirators

9/11 suspects to face military tribunal -- Yahoo News/AP
September 11 suspect to be tried at Guantanamo Bay -- Yahoo News/Reuters
9/11 mastermind to be tried at Guantanamo: US official -- Yahoo News/AFP
9/11 suspects to face military tribunal -- L.A. Times
In Reversal, 9/11 Plotter to Be Tried by Military Panel -- New York Times
Accused 9/11 terrorists to face military tribunals -- CNN
Terror Suspects Will Be Tried in Guantanamo -- Wall Street Journal
KSM to be tried by military commission at Gitmo; Holder set to make announcement today -- CBS News
Sept. 11 'Mastermind' To Be Tried By Guantanamo Military Commission -- NPR
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Co-Conspirators to Go to Military Commission Trial -- FOX News
In reversal, Sept. 11 plotters to be tried by military at Guantánamo -- Miami Herald
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces Guantanamo trial for 9/11 -- BBC
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to be tried in Gitmo military court -- USA Today

My Comment: No one in the media is going to talk about it .... but this decision by the Obama administration is an acknowledgement that former President Bush's decision on establishing Guantanamo after 9/11 was the right one.

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