NEW YORKERS OPPOSED TO 9/11 TRIALS PACK COUNCIL HEARING
As Obama administration officials appeared to give ground on holding 9/11 trials in Lower Manhattan, New Yorkers packed a City Council hearing Friday to say they'll continue to fight the plan. REPORTER: John Doyle with the Real Estate Board of New York said ...Read More
President Obama remains committed to holding 9/11 terror trial in America, official says
BY Daniel Roberts President Obama remains committed to trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in an American court - although he remains unsure where, a top administration official said Saturday. "As far as support from the community and funding requirement, the ...Read More
U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City
By SCOTT SHANE and BENJAMIN WEISER The Obama administration on Friday gave up on its plan to try the Sept. 11 plotters in Lower Manhattan, bowing to almost unanimous pressure from New York officials and business leaders to move the terrorism trial elsewhere. “I ...Read More
Morgy: No NY 9/11 trial!
By MAGGIE HABERMAN Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said last night that holding the 9/11 terror trial in lower Manhattan would be "absurd" and bring state courts to halt. "Nobody's been talking about that," Morgenthau said at a New York Press ...Read More
Billion dollar nightmare looms as Obama refuses to rule out holding 9/11 terror trials in NYC
BY Kenneth R. Bazinet DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - The feds may still try the 9/11 terror thugs near Ground Zero, President Obama said yesterday, shocking critics. "I have not ruled it out, but I think it's important for us to take into account ...Read More
Opposition to 9/11 Trials in New York Expands
By DIONNE SEARCEY And PETER WALLSTEN for the Wall Street Journal Calls for the Obama administration to move the trial of the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks out of New York City grew louder this week. Meanwhile, the White ...Read More
Statement from Assemblyman Silver Regarding Location of Terrorist Trial
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY Assemblyman Sheldon Silver 64th A.D. 250 Broadway, Ste. 2307 New York, NY 10007 212-312-1420 For Immediate Release: January 29, 2010 I am pleased that the Justice Department appears to be getting the message, and has begun to reassess their plan. I have been ...Read More
Where to hold 9/11 trial? Not here, say some NYC civic and business leaders
Where to hold 9/11 trial? Not here, say some NYC civic and business leaders By KAREN MATTHEWS , Associated Press January 27, 2010 NEW YORK - Where should the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks be tried? Not here, say New York City business and community leaders whose list of alternatives includes military bases, federal prisons and a 172-acre island ...
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W.H. mulls moving terror trials
By: Kasie Hunt and Harry Siegel for Politico The White House is considering moving out of Manhattan the civilian trials of self-professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused terrorists, officials say. "Conversations have occurred within the administration to ...Read More
White House asks Justice Department to look for other places to hold 9/11 terror trial
White House asks Justice Department to look for other places to hold 9/11 terror trial BY Kenneth R. Bazinet, Adam Lisberg and Samuel Goldsmith DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS The White House ordered the Justice Department Thursday night to consider other places to try ...Read More
