U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that some of those allegedly responsible for the 9/11 attacks will be tried in federal – not military – court.
“Today we announce a step forward in bringing those we believe were responsible for the 9/11 attacks and the attack on the USS Cole to justice,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “For over two hundred years, our nation has relied on a faithful adherence to the rule of law to bring criminals to justice and provide accountability to victims. Once again we will ask our legal system to rise to that challenge, and I am confident it will answer the call with fairness and justice.”
The New York Times reports that the case of “Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City.” Those that are accused of attacking the U.S.S. Cole, however, will be tried by the military.
In other news, White House counsel Greg Craig, whose parents showed their mean streak when naming him, will be stepping down. Craig was the one given the responsibility of closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison by the end of this year, something which he failed at miserably.