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The KSM Trial And Republican Attacks

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Ksm, Rudy Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, John Ashcroft, Terrorism, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, New York, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

For many Republicans, none more so than Rudy Giuliani, the KSM trial is merely an opportunity to get some media attention and take a cheap shot at the president.

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Michael Blake, Head Of 9/11 Trial Security, Promoted To Deputy Chief

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: World Trade Center, Deputy Chief, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Blake Promoted, WTC Trial, 9/11 Trial, Michael Blake, New York News

NEW YORK — The man in charge of the New York City Police Department's security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack sus...

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9/11 Defendants Will Plead Not Guilty, Will Explain 'What Happened And Why They Did It: Lawyer

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Trials, World Trade Center, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th Trial, 2001 Attacks, Scott Fenstermaker, Terrorism, New York News

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,...

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Flava Flav On Khaleid Sheik Mohammed's Upcoming Trial In New York City

Liz Glover | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Liz Glover, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Homelessness, Flava Flav, New York City, Entertainment News
Liz Glover

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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New York's Tough Enough for Terrorist Trials

Michael Winship | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Casablanca, Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani, David Paterson, 9/11, Mike Bloomberg, Giuliani 9/11, John Shadegg, War on Terrorism, Eric Holder, New York News
Michael Winship

Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.

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Jason Linkins

Rap Legend Flavor Flav: 9/11 Terrorists Should Be Tried In NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Liz Glover, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, New York City, Flavor Flav, Terror-Trials-in-Us-Courts, Media News

What will it take to convince dead-enders that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 masterminding ilk should be tried in federal court in New York City...

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Death Penalty A Question For 9/11 Jury

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Death Penalty New York, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th, New York News

NEW YORK — New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin ...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And The Death Penalty: Why We Can't Kill Him

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, 9/11 Trials, Al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11, Death Penalty, 9-11 Mastermind, New York, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

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.

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Obama & Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: If One Branch is Good, Two Must be Better?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Phil Bronstein, September 11th, Barack Obama, Politics, 9/11, Ksm, Politics News
Phil Bronstein

President Obama is judging Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty of the 9/11 crimes before the system Obama is supposed to uphold even brings the guy to court.

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KSM: Ready For His Closeup?

Michael Smerconish | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nyc, Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter, Ksm, Civilian Trial, Eric Holder, Arlen Specter, KSM Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nuremberg Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11, Politics News
Michael Smerconish

Sen. Arlen Specter would like to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial be televised, stemming from a prosecutorial belief that trying him in a federal civilian court is the right decision.

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Quakers and Shakers: Giuliani and Paterson Unlikely Bedfellows in the Axis of Anxiety

Adam Hanft | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani, David Paterson, Terrorism, George W. Bush, September 11th, New York City, Eric Holder, New York News
Adam Hanft

Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.

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Holder Acts Like a Patriot As Republicans Continue to Shriek in Terror

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Justice, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Eric Holder Attorney General, September 11th, Attorney General Eric Holder, Eric Holder, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

When contrasted with the recent statements by Attorney General Eric Holder on the KSM trial, the Right really does look like a bunch of sniveling cowards.

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The Forgotten Defendant of Guantanamo

Stephen Paul Smith | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Guantanamo, Mohammad Kamin, Eric Holder, Military Commissions, Politics News
Stephen Paul Smith

Military commissions were created under Bush to circumvent legal protections. Under Obama, the underlying purpose remains the same. The new commissions offer little hope for swift and decisive justice.

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Empty Prison in Struggling Illinois Town Might Be Next Gitmo

Charles Shaw | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Prisons, Military Tribunals, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Thomson Gitmo, Thomson Illinois, Illinois, Politics News
Charles Shaw

Beyond histrionics about a wave of jihad descending upon Chicago, the truth of the matter is far closer to the desire of Republicans to keep the extralegal limbo at Guantanamo going full steam.

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Obama: Professed 9/11 Mastermind Will Be Convicted

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11, Eric Holder Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed New York Trial, Eric Holder, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorn...

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Imagine if the Today's Right-Wing Were Around for Nuremberg

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama-Bows-to-Japanese-Emperor, Right Wing Media, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nuremberg Trials, Marshall Plan, Rush Limbaugh, Demagogue, George W. Bush, Bow-Gate, King Abdullah, Right Wing, Glenn Beck, Ksm, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The right-wing radicals, unanimous in their agreement that KSM should not be tried in the U.S. courts, aren't just crazy, they're un-American. We don't take people out and shoot them without trials.

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Rep. John Shadegg Suggests Bloomberg's Daughter May Be Kidnapped Due To Terror Trials (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mayor Bloomberg, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Michael Bloomberg, Guantanamo Detainees, John Shadegg, September 11th, Terror Trials New York, New York News

President Obama's decision to try alleged 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees in New York -- mere blocks from the ...

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Giuliani the Brave

Dan Collins | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani New York Terror Trial, Rudy Giuliani, September 11 Trial, President Obama, 9/11, September 11th, New York News
Dan Collins

The outcry against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York is strange. The same people who tell us to stand up to terrorists feel it's too scary to have them in a U.S. courtroom. Giuliani is livid at the idea.

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If This Is War, What Are We Doing?

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capital Punishment, Fort Hood, Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nidal Malik Hasan, Death Penalty, September 11th, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Denver News
Craig Alan Silverman

The government's easier path toward execution is through a tribunal, and yet Holder has chosen the risky path of seeking the death penalty in New York. This is political correctness run amok.

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Just a Few Blocks Away...

Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Southern District, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, World Trade Center, Ksm, September 11th, New York News
Gerald Shargel

Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?

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Paterson: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Shouldn't Be Tried In NYC

nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Governor David Paterson, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, David Paterson, Terrorism, World Trade Center, New York City, Ground Zero, New York News

Gov. Paterson on Monday joined the chorus of critics questioning the government's plan to try Kalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terror...

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Mayor Mike and the Imam

Len Levitt | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Fort Hood, Nypd, Michael Pigott, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Tasers, Ray Kelly, Norman Siegel, Omar-Abdel-Rahman, Siraj Wahhaj, Ksm, David Cohen, New York News
Len Levitt

Perhaps we should be relieved the feds are trying Khalid Sheikh Mohamed. If left to the locals, we might have a lapse like City Hall's invitation to a Brooklyn imam linked to the first World Trade Center attack.

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Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc Terror Trials, Rudy Giuliani, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, World Trade Center, Democrats, September 11th, WTC Trial, Republicans, New York News

WASHINGTON — Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radica...

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Republicans Once Again Shamelessly Exploiting Terrorism For Political Purposes

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zacarias Moussaoui, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Major Malik Nadal Hassan, 9/11 Attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder, Allahu Akbar, Saddam Hussein, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Rudy Giuliani, Ramzi Yousef, Sean Hannity, 1993 WTC Bombing, Civilian Court, Militray Tribunal, Richard C. Reid, Terrorism, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Since 2001, 195 cases of terrorism have been uneventfully prosecuted in civilian courts, with 91% ending in convictions, But this little factoid surely won't stop Republicans from exploitative political posturing.

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