Wilson Finds Administration's Decision To Move 9/11 Mastermind To NYC Reprehensible

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Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced their decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks, to New York City for a trial in civilian court:

"This Administration's decision to bring the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks to New York City, just blocks from his area of devastation and mass murder, is reprehensible. Awarding this fanatic a trial in civilian court where he could get off on a technicality undermines the legitimacy of the military commissions system.

"This decision concerns me greatly as I fear the Administration is reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality. The mass murder that occurred on that September morning was an act of war and should be prosecuted as such -- in a war tribunal. Bringing justice to the victims and their families should not be delayed," said Congressman Joe Wilson.

Congressman Joe Wilson joined Reps. Henry Brown and Gresham Barrett to introduce H.R. 565 to prohibit federal funds from being used to transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, South Carolina.

Congressman Wilson also supports H.R. 2294, the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act", introduced by Republican Leader John Boehner, expresses the sense of Congress that individuals currently detained at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be transferred or released into the United States.

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