Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views
NEW YORK (AP) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said....

Germany to send trial observer to NY
BERLIN (AP) -- A German government official says the nation will send an observer to the upcoming trial in New York of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and four accused henchmen....

9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juries
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists....

Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed....

Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be convicted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option."...

Obama confident in conviction of Sept. 11 suspect
BEIJING (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that those offended by the legal privileges being given to the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ultimately won't find it "offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him."...

Lawmaker: What if terrorists took NYC mayor's kid
NEW YORK (AP) -- An Arizona congressman who believes it's a security risk to prosecute suspected Sept. 11 terrorists in Manhattan apologized Tuesday for suggesting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's family could be in danger with such a high-profile case in town....

Security threats inside and out for 9/11 trial
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago. The bloody episode suggests that security worries in bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 suspects to trial here could be just as big inside the courthouse as outside....

New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind
NEW YORK (AP) -- The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero raises a host of legal, political and security questions, chief among them: Can a fair-minded jury be found in a city still nursing deep wounds from the attack on the World Trade Center?...