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The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced Friday.
'I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial, and no one else has to be afraid either,' Holder tells Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Republicans criticize the plan. The Obama administration came out swinging today in support of a criminal trial for the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks, but it faced sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers who said a public trial ...
Attorney General Eric Holder is telling senators "failure is not an option" when it comes to the prosecution of professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder has been explaining his decision to bring Mohammed and four other terror suspects from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to federal court in Manhattan for a civilian trial.
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 terrorists in New York.
A slim majority of Americans think five accused Sept. 11 plotters should be tried by a military tribunal rather than a civilian court -- and nearly half are concerned that their federal trial will "turn into a circus," a Fox News poll finds.
Zacarias Moussaoui's six-week 2006 sentencing trial is a proceeding that may foreshadow how the upcoming 9/11 trial in New York will go. Don't expect a speedy resolution.
NEW YORK — Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago.
Ballard Park and the Parks and Recreation Center lawn, near Route 35, are the front-runners as the potential site for a Sept. 11, 2001 memorial, based on an evaluation by a volunteer committee.
Stop coddling the 9/11 killers -- the war on terror is far from over, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani fumed yesterday. The decision by the Obama administration to put the self-proclaimed mastermind of the terror attacks and four accomplices on trial in...
We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. Like many, Daniel Rodriguez was driving into Manhattan to go to work. When the World Trade Center towers fell he was two blocks away. A policeman in the New York Police Department's South Precinct, he immediately kicked into high gear, helping people get out of Manhattan, helping the injured, directing workers.
Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. The decision to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a federal court ignited passionate debate and today on Capitol Hill the U.S. Attorney General took the hot seat.
WASHINGTON (AFP)--Americans shouldn't be "fearful" of the prospect that five men accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks will face trial in New York City, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
The plotters of the 9/11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon will be tried as terrorists and criminals in a federal court in Manhattan just blocks from the site of the former World Trade Center, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder announced today.
Eric Holder defended his decision to put alleged mastermind 9-11 terror attacks on trial in New York City.
New York City, the scene of the crime, was chosen as the scene of a trial for five men, including Khalid Sheik Mohammad, the admitted mastermind of the 9-11 attacks. Justice is what victims' family members desperately want, like Jim Riches who lost his firefighter son on September 11th. "Hopefully we'll get it done the right way because it seems like we've wasted eight years now and I hope they ...
In today's Jersey Journal, hundreds of engraved pavers have been placed at Bayonne's Sept. 11 Harbor Memorial in Harbor View Park to honor victims of terrorist attacks, veterans and other loved ones, officials said.
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