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Echoing the call from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Democratic chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the Obama administration should move the trials for the Sept. 11 mastermind and four followers to another city, our colleagues at The Oval report.
"In my view, from an intelligence perspective, I think the situation has changed with the Christmas attack," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said on MSNBC, citing confidential briefings. "I think the administration should listen to the mayor, listen to the mayor's concern, and, candidly, make a change. There's nothing wrong with making a change."
Yesterday, Bloomberg urged the administration to relocate the trials of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four co-defendants, saying they would pose a threat to his city.
A spokesman for President Obama defended the decision to try the men in New York.
"He agrees with the attorney general's opinion that — in November — that he and others can be litigated successfully and securely in the United States of America, just like others have, like Richard Reid," said White House Deputy press secretary Bill Burton. "Currently our federal jails hold hundreds of convicted terrorists, and the president's opinion has not changed on that."
(Posted by Michael Winter)
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ReplyDeleteMayor Bloomberg backs off on support of terrorist trials in New York. Ah, sanity, raises its weary head. Send terrorist back to Gitmo. - JC
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ReplyDeleteJohn Boehner: "There is not going to be a trial in New York, I guarantee it. There is no appetite for the trials in Congress."
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ReplyDeleteTerrorist Trials Held in New York, risky... but are we chicken? Do the terrorists win?
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