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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., will be tried by a military commission at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports.
CBS News, Reuters, CNN and other news outlets also are saying they've been told by sources with direct knowledge of the decision that Mohammed will indeed by tried at Guantanamo rather than before a civilian court in the U.S. — as the Obama administration once said would happen. The Associated Press adds that "four co-conspirators" will also face a military commission.
In early March, President Obama signed an executive order that ended a two-year ban on military trials at Guantanamo Bay.
While Obama had campaigned on a promise to close the detention facility, and wanted to bring suspected terrorists to justice in civilian courts, Congress passed laws that conducting such trials almost impossible.
CBS News, Reuters, CNN and other news outlets also are saying they've been told by sources with direct knowledge of the decision that Mohammed will indeed by tried at Guantanamo rather than before a civilian court in the U.S. — as the Obama administration once said would happen. The Associated Press adds that "four co-conspirators" will also face a military commission.
In early March, President Obama signed an executive order that ended a two-year ban on military trials at Guantanamo Bay.
While Obama had campaigned on a promise to close the detention facility, and wanted to bring suspected terrorists to justice in civilian courts, Congress passed laws that conducting such trials almost impossible.
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