Obama Announces Khalid Sheikh Mohammed To Be Tried By Military Commission

Anything that angers the terrorist-sympathizers on the Left as much as this does is the right decision in my book:

Yielding to political opposition, the Obama administration gave up Monday on trying avowed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen in civilian federal court in New York and will prosecute them instead before military commissions.


The families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have waited almost a decade for justice, and "it must not be delayed any longer," Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference at the Justice Department.


Using strong language, Holder blamed Congress for imposing restrictions blocking any detainees from being tried in the U.S., saying that the "unwise and unwarranted restrictions" undermine the U.S. in counter-intelligence and counter-terror efforts.


Asked by a reporter if he thought he knew better than Congress on the matter, Holder aid he is intimately familiar with the cases, more so than members of Congress.


"Do I know better than them? Yes. I respect their ability to disagree but they should respect that this is an executive branch function, a unique executive branch function," Holder said.


Those comments prompted New York Republican congressman Peter King to call for Holder to step down. "If he feels that strongly about what Congress has done... then he has a moral obligation to resign," King told conservative talk show host Steve Malzberg Monday.


In November 2009, Holder had announced the plan for a New York trial blocks from where the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed the World Trade Center. That idea was thwarted by widespread opposition from Republicans and even some Democrats, particularly in New York.


Congress passed legislation that prohibits bringing any detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.