Smart Power… 9-11 Mastermind Will Face Trial in NY Civilian Court

The War on Terror comes to an end.
This must be more of that smart power diplomacy we heard so much about.
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The Obama Administration will send 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other Gitmo detainees to New York to face trial in a civilian court.
MSNBC reported, via Free Republic:

Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday.

The official said Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce the decision later in the morning.

The official is not authorized to discuss the decision before the announcement, so spoke on condition of anonymity.

Bringing such notorious suspects to U.S. soil to face trial is a key step in President Barack Obama’s plan to close the terror suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama initially planned to close the detention center by Jan. 22, but the administration is no longer expected to meet that deadline.

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The New York case may also force the court system to confront a host of difficult legal issues surrounding counter-terrorism programs begun after the 2001 attacks, including the harsh interrogation techniques once used on some of the suspects while in CIA custody. The most severe method — waterboarding, or simulated drowning — was used on Mohammed 183 times in 2003, before the practice was banned.

This is guaranteed to be a circus.
Team Obama has officially given all terrorist killers US citizenship rights regardless of where they were captured.
Nice work, Barack.

More… Sen. Joe Lieberman said it was “inconceivable” that the administration would bring these killers to the US for trial.
It’s the Age of Obama, Joe… That’s how things are done now.

Related… Attorney General Holder will speak next week to a CAIR-group in Michigan.

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