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Ground Zero Workers Reach $657 Million Settlement

A settlement has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials.

 

Obama to help pick new trial site

Responding to backlash, president to help select location of Khalid Sheik Mohammed proceedings.

 

Obama considers moving terror trial out of Manhattan

Officials say the Obama administration is considering moving the trial of the accused 9/11 mastermind out of lower Manhattan.

 

Lawyer: Sept. 11 defendants want to air views

The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

 

Obama, Holder defend plan to try 9/11 defendants

Obama, Holder defend plan to try 9/11 defendants

The Obama administration on Wednesday defended plans to try the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks in criminal courts despite harsh criticism from Republicans who say the trials are too risky.

 

Many New Yorkers say September 11 trial a security risk

Forty percent of New Yorkers believe the trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes an attack on the city more likely, according to a new poll, while security experts say it is already the top target in America.

 

Illinois prison could host military trials of detainees

Thomson Correctional Center is a top option to house Guantanamo transfers. The Obama administration says the Defense Department could hold proceedings against terrorism suspects at the rural site.

 

9/11 suspects to be tried in New York: official

9/11 suspects to be tried in New York: official

Five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent to criminal court in New York from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said on Friday.

 

Detainees in NYC post-9/11 reach $1.26M settlement

Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 have reached ...

 

Terrorism probe focuses on Afghan man in Colorado

Terrorism probe focuses on Afghan man in Colorado

The young Afghan immigrant at the center of an expanding investigation holds the key to unlocking the details of an alleged bomb plot that authorities believe is the first Al Qaeda-linked terrorist operation on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, law enforcement and intelligence officials said Sunday.

 

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