WaPo: Obama To Help Select Location Of KSM Terrorism Trial The Washington Post reports that President Obama will become involved in the selection of a site for trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: “Obama initially had asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to choose the site of the trial in an effort to maintain an independent Justice Department. But the White House has been taken aback by the intense criticism from political opponents and local officials of Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian courtroom in New York.”
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