Since Holder's announcement regarding civilian trials for KSM, critics have latched on to some common myths about civilian courts. Four of their misstatements need to be addressed.
Heather Robinson | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York
To put it simply, in bringing these men to civilian trial the Obama Administration is allowing for the possibility that they may be released at some point, unless the trials are kangaroo trials.
Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
A nasty spat has broken out among defense lawyers over an issue that is likely to be front and center in the upcoming 9/11 trial in New York: who actu...
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy,...
Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
There is no solving the problem of mass murder. We can only hope to move past it, and perhaps that the spiritual and emotional wounds of 9/11 will turn into the proud flesh of a new humanist outlook.
Huff Radio | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
What will Obama do in Afghanistan? Without jobs, can Democrats win the next round of elections? And a second look at the Fort Hood massacre.
Andy Worthington | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
I can only wonder if Mohammed have decided that their best hope for advancing al-Qaeda's cause lies in trying to secure a conviction in the tainted Military Commissions before Obama can dismantle them.
AP | ANDREW O. SELSKY | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Monday he will confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, throwing his death-p...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
LONDON — U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday he hopes the men charged with participating in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are not...
New York Times | WILLIAM GLABERSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Military prosecutors are in the final phases of preparing the first sweeping case against suspected conspirators in the plot that led to the deaths of...
Michael Foote | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver