At NYC trial, 2 admitted homegrown terrorists offer unique insight into post-Sept. 11 al-Qaida

NEW YORK — By the time a wayward kid from Long Island named Bryant Neal Vinas joined al-Qaida in 2008, the sight of trainees swinging from monkey bars was a thing of the past. The Afghani terror camps had been replaced by safe houses tucked away in the border region of Pakistan — houses made…

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9/11 plotter to be tried in NYC; trial faces major issues

Self-professed 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) will be tried along with four perpetrators in a Manhattan court just blocks from Ground Zero. Attorney General Eric Holden is likely to pursue the death penalty for KSM. He says of the decision, “For over 200 years, our nation has relied on a faithful adherence to the…

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