(19 Apr 2011) HEADLINE (48 characters): Holder: 9/11 suspects to face military tribunal
CAPTION: (255 characters):Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four coconspirators are being referred to a military commission to stand trial. (April 4)
(Eric Holder/Attorney General)
"so today I am referring the cases of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi to the department of defense to proceed with military commissions. Furthermore, I have directed prosecutors to move to dismiss the indictment that was handed down under seal, in the southern district of New York in December of 2009. And a judge has granted that motion."
"let me be clear and let me be very clear. Our national security demands that we continue to prosecute terrorists in federal court and we will do so. Our heritage our values and our legacy to future generations also demands that we have full faith and confidence in a court system that we have full faith and confidence in a court system that has distinguished itself in this country."
" Sadly this case has been marked by needless, needless controversy since the beginning. But despite all the arguments and debate that it has engendered. The prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his coconspirators should never have been about settling ideological arguments or scoring political points. At the end of our indictment appear the names of 2,976 people who were killed in the attacks on that deadly September day nearly ten years ago. Innocent Americans and citizens of foreign countries alike who were murdered by ruthless terrorists intent on crippling our nation and attacking the values that we hold dear. This case has always been about delivering justice for those victims and for their surviving loved ones. It is about nothing else."
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