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Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, shown in a 2008 court sketch, is one of five suspects facing trial in connection with the 9/11 attacks.

Should alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed be tried in a civilian court? He's been linked to a virtual smorgasbord of terror crimes, among them: September 11th, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, and the gruesome killing of journalist Daniel Pearl.

Normal human beings -- let's call them real Americans -- cannot understand why, 10 months after President Obama's inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the health care bill Obama promised in his campaign.

Who's afraid of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? By Michael Douglas Beacon Journal editorial page editor Published on Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 Barack Obama promised change.

We guess immigration is never not an issue, even in putting terrorists on trial.

There literally is no end to the extent by which Republican politicians will lie, distort, and manufacture statements in their efforts to disrupt, deny, and destroy the Obama administration's attempts to govern.

Obama & Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: If One Branch is Good, Two Must be Better? Not every president in the last 35 years has considered Richard Nixon a role model.

Schumer: 9/11 Trial Could Cost More Than $100M Share + Nov 18, 2009 7:34 pm US/Eastern Schumer: 9/11 Trial Could Cost More Than $100M Reporting Don Dahler 1 of 1 An image of a courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash attending a pre-trial session on Dec.

Republicans in the U.S. Senate blasted Democrats for obstructing up-or-down votes on President George W. Bush's nominees to federal appellate courts.

A message to the doubters of our justice system: The United States was founded on freedoms and based on the rule of law.

AL CLEMON SEAT NOMINEE,1ST LD-WRITETHRU The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Birmingham lawyer Abdul Kallon has moved a step closer to replacing Alabama's first black federal judge.

Sen. Jeff Sessions is questioning the motive behind what he sees as the Justice Department's reluctance to provide information about the Fort Hood massacre to congressional investigators.

The Senate confirmed Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 59-39 Thursday after breaking a GOP filibuster Tuesday and a five-and-a-half month delay.

The swift regression of the Republicans from an oppositional political party into a mob of screaming infants during the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial preliminaries has been well documented by Salon's Glenn Greenwald .

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday defended his decision to prosecute five men accused as co-conspirators in the Sept.

Normal human beings - let's call them real Americans - cannot understand why, 10 months after President Obama's inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the health care bill Obama promised in his campaign.

Dana Milbank plays gotcha with GOP senators on the filibuster. Surprise! Their feelings on the parliamentary maneuver are largely dependent on who's in power.

Main Category: Litigation / Medical Malpractice Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Sen.

Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision Wednesday to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court.

With the federal deficit at "a record $1.4 trillion," a plan for reducing long-term deficits will be "a key component" of President Obama's State of the Union address.