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Reports: ‘New York is out’ as terror trial site

Originally published: January 29, 2010 10:50 PM
Updated: January 30, 2010 12:21 AM
By TOM BRUNE AND ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO  tom.brune@newsday.com, anthony.destefano@newsday.com

Quick ReadThe Obama administration has abandoned its plan to put Khalid Sheik Mohammed on trial in lower Manhattan, according to administration officials.

The Obama administration has abandoned plans to try

Photo credit: Getty Images | The Obama administration has abandoned plans to try in NYC five alleged terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks, according to administration officials on Friday, January 29, 2010. In this file photo taken on Nov. 16, 2009, NYPD emergency vehicle idles on Wall Street in Manhattan not far from they were to have been tried in a civilian court.

WASHINGTON — Bowing to growing pressure, the Obama administration dropped its plan to hold a trial of the 9/11 plotters in Manhattan as it began a search for other locations, according to reports Friday evening.

“New York is out,” an administration official told The Washington Post. “We’re considering other options.”

Late Friday evening Rep. Peter...

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