9/11 Trials Won't Be in NYC

White House gives up on bringing terror suspects to Manhattan
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 29, 2010 7:25 PM CST
9/11 Trials Won't Be in NYC
The old federal courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New York won't host 9/11 terror trials after all.   (AP Photo)

The Obama administration’s plan to try alleged 9/11 terror plotters in a lower Manhattan court bit the dust today, swamped by waves of criticism from politicians from New York to Washington. “New York is out,” a source tells the Washington Post tonight. “We’re considering other options.” Officials are still committed to trying self-proclaimed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others in civilian, and not military, court.
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