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9/11 terror suspects finally charged by U.S. military commission . By Jim Kouri <http://www.examiner.com/user/2426356> , Public Safety Examiner . May 31st, 2011 5:28 pm ET "This case keeps dragging on and on as a result of the Obama Administration's insistence that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other terrorists be tried in a civilian federal court in downtown New York City. The original Department of Justice announcement of civilian trials was met with a huge firestorm and the President and Attorney General [Eric] Holder backed down and allowed the 5 men to be tried by the U.S. Military," said former NYPD detective and military intelligence officer Mike Snopes. Guantanamo Bay detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were formerly charged today by the office of military commissions prosecuting attorneys for their roles in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The prosecutors recommended that the charges against all five suspects be classifed as capital or death penalty case. Capital charges may only be pursued with the military authority's approval. Under the rules governing military commissions, the alleged terrorists will have the right to counsel who are experienced in trying capital cases. The charges allege that the five accused were responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks on New York, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001. Those terrorist attacks resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. "This case keeps dragging on and on as a result of the Obama Administration's insistence that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other terrorists be tried in a civilian federal court in downtown New York City. The original Department of Justice announcement of civilian trials was met with a huge firestorm and the President and Attorney General [Eric] Holder backed down and allowed the 5 men to be tried by the U.S. Military," said former NYPD detective and military intelligence officer Mike Snopes. "At first, Obama asked Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to choose the site for the trial of [Khalid Sheik] Mohammed. But swift and intense criticism greeted [Holder's] decision to try the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attack and his four alleged co-conspirators in a civilian courtroom in New York," said Snopes.. The key signatory of a letter urging Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder to stick to their proverbial guns was Senator Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the U.S. Senate's powerful Judiciary Committee. "Our system of justice is strong enough to prosecute the people who have attacked us," said the Senator known to many in the law enforcement and intelligence communities as "Leaky" Leahy. The charges are allegations that the suspects committed offenses that are chargeable under the Military Commissions Act of 2009. There are eight charges common to all five of the suspected al-Qaeda terrorists: conspiracy, murder in violation of the law of war, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property in violation of the law of war, hijacking aircraft, and terrorism. http://ads.undertone.com/l?bannerid=213780&campaignid=37548&zoneid=14218&UTL IA=1&UTCBLOCK=86400&UTSCCAP=5&cb=ffc146bfbd2d4657bd4c48031ad5eb15&bk=lm2y9v& id=4dem8e9xin5wbkesc971x4ap3 cid:[email protected]http://tags.bluekai.com/site/450http://ada dvisor.net/adscores/g.pixel?sid=9211197038&_cb=1306878979http://pbid.pro-mar ket.net/engine?site=125173;size=1x1;mimetype=img;rnd=(1306878979) As with civilian trials held in federal and states' courts, the accused are presumed innocent and may be convicted only if their guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. These charges go beyond what is necessary to establish that the 9/11 co-conspirators may be lawfully detained under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, according to the the Department of Defense press statement. In accordance with the Military Commissions Act of 2009, the sworn charges will be forwarded to the Convening Authority, Bruce MacDonald. The convening authority will then make an independent determination as to whether to refer some, all, or none of the charges for trial by military commission. If the convening authority decides to refer the case to trial, he will designate commission panel members -- the jurors. The chief trial judge of the Military Commissions Trial Judiciary would then assign a military judge to the case. 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