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Holder defends plan to try 9/11 terrorists in NYC
Photo credit: Getty Images | A file photo of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (Nov. 18, 2009)
WASHINGTON - Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four others must be, and will be, convicted, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday in defense of his controversial recent decision to try the five alleged terrorists in a federal court in Manhattan.
Rebuffing sharp criticism by Republicans, Holder accused critics of "ignorance" of the evidence and the law that he has reviewed...
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