11.13.2009 5:01 pm

Missouri Republicans condemn 9/11 trial decision

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The announcement today that the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-defendants will be tried in New York City drew praise from civil rights groups and from New Yorkers who believe the terrorists should be brought to…

Tags: 911, Attorney General Eric Holder, Bill Lambrecht, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Michael Bloomberg, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, Senate Intelligence Committee, World Trade Center

08.24.2009 1:47 pm

Bond: New Obama interrogation panel an insult to CIA

By Bill Lambrecht

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

Sen. Kit Bond

UPDATED

WASHINGTON — The announcement today of a new elite team of interrogators to handle terrorism suspects is designed to avoid the prisoner abuses that tarnished America’s reputation in the post-9/11 era.

But to Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, ranking Republican on…

Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, Bill Lambrecht, Dick Cheney, Guantanamo, Leon Panetta, Osama Bin Laden, Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Sen. John Kyl, Special Task Force on Interrogations and Transfer Policies

Missouri Republicans condemn 9/11 trial decision

Bond: New Obama interrogation panel an insult to CIA

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