By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — You might not be wrong if you thought the administration is totally confused as to where to prosecute suspected mastermind of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-defendants.
The Washington Post now reports that President Obama has decided “to insert himself into the debate” after he had asked Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. to pick the site.
The whole thing has turned into a political nightmare.
Previous reports indicated that the administration did a poor job of greasing the skids and building support in New York before announcing it planned to hold the trial there.
The political backlash has made the administration not only rethink the N.Y. location, but also whether to prosecute in civilian or military court, the suspected terrorist Mohammed, who is often associated with a photo in which he is having a very very bad hair day.
Holder told the Post he had not ruled out a trial in military court, though he said that is not what he would prefer.
“At the end of the day, wherever this case is tried, in whatever forum, what we have to ensure is that it’s done as transparently as possible and with adherence to all the rules,” Holder said, according to the Post. “If we do that, I’m not sure the location or even the forum is as important as what the world sees in that proceeding.”
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