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DOJ Blames Six-Year Trial Delay on Detainee, Cites National Security

By | 12.21.09 | 6:00 am

Late on Friday, the Department of Justice quietly filed an unclassified, heavily redacted version (see below) of its argument why a New York federal court should not dismiss the case of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, an accused conspirator in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and More…

Michele Bachmann Weighs In on 9/11 Trials

By | 12.11.09 | 8:48 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and the National Review’s Andrew McCarthy teamed up with other House Republicans on Thursday on the front steps of the Supreme Court to take a shot at President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder for deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged co-conspirators More…

Napolitano Says She Was Not Consulted in Decision to Try KSM in New York City

By | 12.09.09 | 11:47 am

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano whether Attorney General Eric Holder consulted her before deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in a federal court in New York.

“No, I was not consulted,” said Napolitano. More…

VIDEO: Angry New Yorkers Denounce Terror Trials, Demand Holder’s Resignation

By | 12.06.09 | 12:10 pm

A few hundred New Yorkers gathered in a cold and rainy Foley Square in downtown Manhattan on Saturday to protest the Obama administration’s decision to try the suspected Sept. 11 attackers in a civilian federal court in New York.  Organized by the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition, speakers ranging More…

Protesters in New York City Rally Against 9/11 Trials, Call for Holder to Resign

By | 12.05.09 | 5:32 pm

NEW YORK — Despite a cold and steady rain, the 9/11 Never Forget Coalition managed to attract a few hundred people to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan today to protest Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged co-conspirators in the Sept. More…

Can the Death Penalty for Terrorists Fuel Violence?

By | 11.25.09 | 8:25 am

When Attorney General Eric Holder announced earlier this month that the suspected plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would be tried in civilian court, he also promised to seek the death penalty for all of them. But the heated debate that followed over the supposed dangers of trying “the More…

9/11 Suspects to Use Trial to Explain Themselves

By | 11.23.09 | 8:49 am

Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks would be tried in New York, there’s been much speculation about whether they’ll plead guilty, as some have suggested they would before military commissions, or insist on a trial and put on a defense.

Scott Fenstermaker, a More…