About Face: Military, not Civilian Trial

9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed To Be Tried By Military Commission, not the civilian court.

In a striking about face for the Administration, some Sept. 11 suspects will no longer be tried in civilian court in NYC.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Department of Justice officials said today.

Mohammed was to have been tried in New York City, but city officials strongly objected to the move and Congress refused to appropriate funds to house Guantanamo inmates on mainland United States and to provide funds for a trial of extraordinary expense.

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Mr. Obama also announced he's running for another term, today. No coincidence in the timing.