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Washington DC, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Sept 11th trial is shrouded in uncertainty, as the Barack Obama administration is not at all sure about what to do with the 11th Sept mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The officials are still debating over the decision whether they ought to subject Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to civilian or military justice. There was already a big hue and cry over where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ought to go for trial.

Both Attorney General Eric Holder and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs hinted that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed might be subjected to a military trial. “These al-Qaida terrorists are not common criminals,” Graham said on Saturday. “A civilian trial of hard-core terrorists is unnecessarily dangerous and creates more problems than it solves. Military tribunals are the best way to render justice, win this war and protect our nation from a vicious enemy,” Graham added. “Obviously there are efforts on Capitol Hill through legislation to restrict either the type of or the venue of a trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators,” Gibbs said. “That, by definition, involves the White House and ultimately the president. So, since this effort has moved from strictly a Justice Department decision to something that’s in the legislative arena, the White House — and by definition the president — are involved,” he added.

Just last month the New York Mayor Bloomberg revealed, that he wants that the trial of the five suspects in the infamous 9/11 attacks be held in some other region. He wants the federal government to shift the trail from the intended site in lower Manhattan. His reasons behind this request seem to be financial. As he said that it would cost around $1 billion to look after the security aspect of the trial, and then it would go on for a long time, so it would definitely be a great burden on the city’s resources.