TPMDC Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: April 2011
Barack Obama
Father of 9/11 Hero Has Searing Words For Holder
David Beamer
The father of 9/11 hero Todd Beamer tore into Attorney General Eric Holder for standing by his earlier decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in New York civilian courts even as he reversed course and announced Monday that KSM and his co-conspirators would be tried in military commissions.
Holder and the White House got a thorough drubbing by critics and supporters alike Monday for reversing course and breaking a campaign promise to close the detainee prison facility at Guantanamo Bay and try KSM and 9/11 co-conspirators in civilian courts. But one of the most searing critiques came Tuesday morning from David Beamer, the father of Todd Beamer, the renowned hero of United Airlines flight 93 who fought the terrorists before the plane crashed in Shanksville, Pa.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 9/11, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, House Republicans, James Sensenbrenner, Justice Department, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Military commisions, Todd Beamer, detainees, families of 9/11 victims
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Obama Praised, Pummeled on Gitmo and KSM
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
President Obama took a long-awaited drubbing on his broken campaign promise of closing the detainee prison facility at Guantanamo Bay after news broke Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder had reversed plans to try 9/11 conspirators in federal court in New York City and will instead have them stand trial before military commissions at the U.S. base in Cuba.
The administration's decision is a 180-degree about-face from earlier plans announced in November 2009.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 9/11, Chuck Schumer, Eric Holder, House Judiciary Committee, Justice Department, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lamar Smith, Lindsey Graham, Military commisions
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