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Terror trials could be headed back to Gitmo - NYPOST.com
Terror trials could be headed back to Gitmo - NYPOST.com
Bay what? Guantanamo eyed for 9/11 trial
By JOHN DOYLE and DAVID SEIFMAN in NY and CHARLES HURT in DC
Last Updated: 8:43 PM, January 30, 2010
Posted: 2:37 AM, January 30, 2010
The trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed won't be held in lower Manhattan and could take place in a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, sources said last night.
Administration officials said that no final decision had been made but that officials of the Department of Justice and the White House were working feverishly to find a venue that would be less expensive and less of a security risk than New York City.
The back-to-the-future Gitmo option was reported yesterday by Fox News and was not disputed by White House officials.
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Such a move would likely bring howls of protest from liberals already frustrated that President Obama has failed to meet his deadline for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay....