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WASHINGTON - Self-proclaimed 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, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday, adding that he expects to seek the death penalty against them.
At a news conference, Holder also said five other suspects will be sent to military commissions.
The detainees in the New York case will be tried in a courthouse just a few blocks from where the Sept. 11 attackers felled the twin towers, Holder said.
Bringing such notorious suspects to U.S. soil to face trial is a key step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the terror suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama initially planned to close the detention center by Jan. 22, but the administration is no longer expected to meet that deadline.
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At a news conference, Holder also said five other suspects will be sent to military commissions.
The detainees in the New York case will be tried in a courthouse just a few blocks from where the Sept. 11 attackers felled the twin towers, Holder said.
Bringing such notorious suspects to U.S. soil to face trial is a key step in President Barack Obama's plan to close the terror suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama initially planned to close the detention center by Jan. 22, but the administration is no longer expected to meet that deadline.
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