Obama Gets It Right: A NYC 9/11 Trial

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Author(s) Stephen Schlesinger
Source The Huffington Post
Date November 18, 2009
URL http://www.huffingtonpost.com/coleen-rowley/khalid-sheikh-mohammeds-c_b_358629.html
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Quotes-start.png "The 9/11 terrorists should be tried as criminals, not as soldiers. They are not an army, they are a band of fanatics. In any case, the military tribunals were always considered highly flawed as the Supreme Court pointed out. A public trial in New York will forever put on an open record exactly how heinous these crimes were, much like the Nuremberg tribunals did." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Trial should be held in criminal court on the topic United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al..