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King bill aims to block feds' terror trial funding

Quick ReadKing said Thursday that his bill would prohibit the use of Justice Department funds to try Guantánamo detainees in federal civilian courts.

Rep. Peter King on Capitol Hill on Dec.

Photo credit: AP File, 2009 | Rep. Peter King on Capitol Hill on Dec. 15, 2009.

Amid a growing chorus of concern over security and the price tag of bringing suspected 9/11 attackers to trial in Manhattan, Rep. Peter King has moved to stop the government spending public money to try any Guan- tánamo detainees on U.S. soil.

Late Wednesday, King (R-Seaford) introduced legislation aimed at barring the Justice Department from using funds to prosecute any detainee in a criminal...

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