Senate rejects effort to block civilian trials for 9/11 suspects

McClatchy by James Rosen | Nov. 5, 2009 (News Report)

After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks. Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 5, 2009

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said federal courts have convicted 195 felons of terror-related crimes since the 2001 attacks, while military tribunals have produced only three convictions

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