Washington/New York, January 30: The Obama Administration has abandoned its plan to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11 attacks, in New York amid concerns that bringing the accused back to the scene of crime could add to security threat and cause emotional trauma to some people.
“New York is out,” an administration official was quoted as saying by ‘The Washington Post’. “We’re considering other options,” he said.
The New York Times also said that the Justice Department officials are studying other locations, focussing especially on military bases and prison complexes, and no obvious new choice had emerged.
–PTI