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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Criminal Trial May Shine Light on Roots of Terrorism

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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The most pragmatic method of determining the guilt or innocence of criminals like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has always been in criminal court. Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are very wrong about this.

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Lower Manhattan is the Proper Place to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohmammed

Julie Menin | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mitch McConnell, Terrorism, George W. Bush, Waterboarding, New York, September 11th, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, New York News

it should indeed be a jury of New Yorkers, the community who was most adversely impacted by the horrific events of September 11th, who decide Mohammed's fate.

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Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Posted 11.15.2009 | World

The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's profes...

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NYC Terror Trial Poses Legal, Political Risks

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON — In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. ...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Coming To New York: A Look At The 10 Terror Suspects Headed To US

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON — Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. The five detainees heading t...

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed To Face New York Trial (VIDEOS)

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: September 11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Terrorism, September 11 Trial, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo, New York News

WASHINGTON — Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a ci...

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9/11 Trial At Guantanamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Scarcely in its history has the United States entertained such a shabby and shamelessly politicized travesty of justice as the Military Commissions.

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NYT Breaks Down Cheney's Twisted Version Of History

New York Times | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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After the C.I.A. inspector general's report on prisoner interrogation was released last week, former Vice President Dick Cheney settled into his usual...

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Obama's Meaningless War

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Vietnam, Taliban, Lyndon Johnson, Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Communism, Obama War in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News

Meaningless is the right term for the Afghanistan war, because our bloody attempt to conquer this foreign land has nothing to do with its stated purpose of enhancing our national security.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Mastermind: HIs Days In N.C. 'Helped Propel Him To Terrorism'

WSJ | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, known inside the government as KSM, is the archetype of the evil genius, the man whose imagination gave birth to the twisted d...

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CIA To Release Torture Docs Cheney Requested

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Interrogation Techniques, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News

This had been expected, and I've confirmed it: The CIA today will release the two documents Dick Cheney requested this spring that he claims will prov...

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Predictable Chaos as Guantanamo Trials Resume

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, David Hicks, President Obama, 9/11, Guantanamo, Omar Khadr, World News, Politics News, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Lt. Rich Federico, Col. Morris Davis, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, World, Human Rights First, Walid Bin Attash, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, Mohammed Kamin, Salim Hamdan, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Capt. John Murphy, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Federal Court, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Politics News

With no visible progress this was another dismal outing for the Commissions, and another warning for the Obama administration that any kind of revival of the wretched trial system will remain fraught with insoluble problems.

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