Senator Lindsey Graham says he has been asked by the White House to withhold comment about Friday’s Guantanamo Bay decision until he can meet face-to-face with the President after he returns from Asia. Graham says he will honor that request.
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse in New York. Holder said the Sept. 11 defendants should be tried near the site of the terrorist attacks, where their crimes occurred. Prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty. Holder said five other Guantanamo detainees, including a major suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole, will be tried through the military commission process.
Meanwhile, Congressman Gresham Barrett organized a teleconference call on the subject with media. Congressman Bob Inglis and Senator Jim DeMint participated as well.
Demint says it’s a real possibility that the detainees would be housed at some point at the Navy Brig near Charleston. “We know that this is a real possibility,” said Demint, “because we’ve talked to officials at the Air Force base in Charleston and the administration has queried them on the space that would be available to house the administrators who would be necessary to move and manage six to ten terrorists on our soil, then move them back and forth to various court proceedings.” [click to continue…]
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