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9/11 Masterminds Could Face Trial in Federal Court

By | 10.21.09 | 6:00 am

As the Obama administration nears its deadline for deciding where to try the men suspected of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks, there are strong indications that those trials could take place in federal courts in the United States. That’s prompting fervent opposition from Republicans, who say the 9/11 More…

More on the Detention Task Force

By | 07.08.09 | 11:08 am

As we’re talking about detainees, don’t miss Marc Ambinder’s curtain-raiser of the Obama administration’s detainee task force that I wrote about last week. He’s got a good account of a hypothetical scenario the task force is entertaining.