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WASHINGTON - The House took up a bill yesterday to devote a section of the broadband radio spectrum to first responders in an effort to solve a problem that turned tragic on 9/11 when police and firefighters couldn't communicate.
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Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) on Sunday said the current debate over where federal prosecutors should try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 suspects "makes us look foolish."
Congressman Peter King recently appeared on the John Gambling Radio Program to discuss keeping the terror trials out of lower Manhattan. To listen click here.
More than two months have passed since the White House ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to search for a place other than Manhattan for bringing Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, to trial.
And roughly the same amount of time has elapsed since Washington put out what seemed the definitive word on the subject:
The head of the Federal Protective Service warned today that a potential 20-year legal fight to deal with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his henchmen would be too much for his agency.
Responding to questions from Long Island Rep. Pete King, Federal Protective Service Director Gary Schenkel asserted his agency would need bolstering.
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is still weeks away from a decision on where to hold a trial for the accused 9/11 plotters, and New York remains a possible site, Attorney General Eric Holder told senators Wednesday.
The ranking member of the House Homeland Security urged President Obama today to strip Attorney General Eric Holder of his authority to decide venues for the trials of suspected terrorists.
Holder testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today that trials in New York City are not "off the table" despite mounting opposition in Congress.
WASHINGTON -- A Qatari diplomat who caused a security scare when he tried to grab an in-flight smoke on a passenger jet and joked about terrorism is getting booted out of the country -- after it was revealed he flew to Denver to visit an al Qaeda prisoner.