NYC trial of 9/11 suspects poses legal risks (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 11/13/2009 - 6:33pm

FILE - This July 2009 photo downloaded from the Arabic language web site www.muslm.net shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<br /><br />The picture was allegedly taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and released only to the detainee's family.<br /><br />An Obama administration official said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 that accused 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.<br /><br />(AP Photo/www.muslm.net)AP - In the biggest trial for the age of terrorism, the professed 9/11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen will be hauled before a civilian court on American soil, barely a thousand yards from the site of the World Trade Center's twin towers they are accused of destroying.



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