KSM Trial Will Be a Perverse Farce

It will be like rereleasing ' 9/11—the Director's Cut '

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2009 5:13 AM CST

(Newser) – Everybody knows that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is never going to walk free, and that makes the logic behind Eric Holder's decision to give him a civilian trial in New York all the more puzzling, writes Charles Krauthammer. With the 9/11 not just the most destructive... Read full story »

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