Posted on 04/04/2011 10:37:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. is poised to announce that the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other suspects will face justice before a U.S. military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rather than a civilian court in New York.
The decision, to be announced Monday at the Department of Justice in Washington, marks a major reversal both for President Obama and Holder, especially since the president initially promised to shut down the prison at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay – where Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the others will now be tried.
Holder has scheduled a 2 p.m. EDT news conference to announce the decision.
In late 2009, the attorney general said that the trials of the five men would be held in the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, a decision that at first was met with general public approval.
But by early 2010, Holder and the Justice Department were running into steep opposition from New York politicians from both parties, along with much of the public, who were concerned that a civilian trial would cost too much, place New York once again in the terror spotlight, and possibly endanger the New York public. At the same time, there were mounting protests over a new Muslim mosque center near the trade center site as well.
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Welll, He sure knows how to
About Face!!!
if ya listen real close, ya can hear liberal heads exploding (or is it imploding?) across the land..
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Objects which contain a vacuum will typically implode, so i’d go with that.
Obammy is the ‘Biggest Poseur’.
What morons. They stand for nothing and are total poseurs.
Hope and change meets reality - Results not pretty.
McDonald’s made a statement they will hire tens of thousands and now this.
This just after their messiah announces he will run again.
Nah no coincidence, never ARF
Loving it!
McDonald’s got their obamacare waiver so they have to pay him back. That’s how it works with this piece of slime.
I understand how people want waivers and how the politics work.
The most hate I have and yes hate is strong but true for me is towards the media. I honestly hate them
People will always try and get away with what they want and do, but this media have ignored every fact and then cover for him
Just right now we have Geraldo on TV.
The man is such a phony.
He states he is being shot at etc and that the rebels are lawyers etc.
HUH
first why is the man behind him walking with no fear while Geraldo ducks for cover and states he is being shot at?
Why is the pick up truck moving away with a man sitting on the back while Geraldo is ducking for cover and saying watch it?
Why is the man at the 2nd pick up firing into the air.
Seems Geraldo yet again is making a scene yet again like he did in Afghanistan and now we have FOX making out he’s a hero and not a phony and then ignoring what obama is doing over there
Holder stands by decision - blames Congress. What a D-Bag.
This is what offends me so much.
The left say anything they want and get away with it.
They say lies and totally make things up and the media will just repeat their lies.
I’d like to see Obama working at McDonalds, but he isn’t qualified.
Listen to this guy! What an arrogant a-hole.
Whorealdo ?
The reason: Judge Judy is out for the week.
The reason: Judge Judy is out for the week.
I wonder what’s in it for that corrupt p.o.s. Holder?
Money is exchanging hands somehow, count on it.
Has obama kept up ANY of his promises?
Why is the left so tolerant of trying these gents at the vicious Guantanamo Bay?
Their like little boys that just found a rather fully equipped chemistry set and don’t know how to read. They just mix compounds and chemical in the test tubes and beakers and see what might happen.
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