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Holder answers to 9/11 relatives about trying terrorism suspects in U.S.

After enduring four hours of hostile questions in a crowded Capitol Hill hearing room about his decision to send the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes to Manhattan for trial, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. submitted ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Senate Judiciary Committee,  Eric Holder,  Al-Qaeda,  United Airlines,  U.S. Republican Party

AG defends civilian trial for 9/11 suspects

WASHINGTON - After enduring four hours of hostile questions in a crowded Capitol Hill hearing room about his decision to send the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes to Manhattan for trial, Attorney General Eric Holder submitted ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Senate Judiciary Committee,  Eric Holder,  Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama,  United Airlines

Holder: 'We need not cower' in face of trials for 9/11 plotters

Appearing on Capitol Hill only days after his announcement that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators would be sent to federal court in New York to face trial and a possible death sentence, Holder ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Senate Judiciary Committee,  Barack Obama,  Rudy Giuliani,  Patrick Leahy,  Michael Bloomberg

Alleged Sept. 11 planner will be tried in New York

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete ...

From PETER FINN AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Department of Justice,  George W. Bush

Holder steps into another controversy

In his nine months in office, Holder has jettisoned a public corruption case against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial lapses, launched an inquiry into CIA interrogators who abused terrorism suspects, and announced a turnaround ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ted Stevens,  Central Intelligence Agency,  U.S. Congress,  US Department of Defense,  Michael B. Mukasey

Alleged Sept. 11 planner to be tried in New York

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete ...

From PETER FINN AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Department of Justice,  George W. Bush

Conflict, mourning in wake of Fort Hood

WASHINGTON - As the nation mourned the 13 people shot dead last week at Fort Hood, Texas, finger-pointing in Washington intensified Tuesday about whether officials at several agencies had failed to coordinate as they tracked the suspect's activities or ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON AND SPENCER S. HSU, AZ Central.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  US Department of Defense,  Barack Obama,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Walter Reed Hospital

Investigators' possible missteps in Fort Hood case debated

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended a somber memorial service at the sprawling Army post, where he spoke about each of those killed. "Their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched," the ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON AND SPENCER S. HSU, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  US Department of Defense,  Walter Reed Hospital

Fort Hood suspect's links to imam under scrutiny

Hasan attended the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church in 2001, when its spiritual leader was Anwar al-Aulaqi, a figure who crossed paths with al-Qaeda associates, including two Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, one senior U.S. official said. Since leaving ...

From SPENCER S. HSU AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

Judge considers time served in sentencing al-Qaeda aide

In a decision that could carry implications for the masterminds of the Sept. 11 attacks, a judge on Thursday sentenced an al-Qaeda sleeper agent with ties to the group's senior leaders to eight years and four months in prison. The sentence sliced away ...

From CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Department of Justice,  George W. Bush,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Barack Obama

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