'I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial - and no one else needs to be, either.' 'I have every confidence that the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is,' Holder told the committee. Holder said such concerns are misplaced, and any pronouncements by the suspects would only make them look worse. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Holder for hours about his decision to send the five 9/11 suspects to New York for trial.Ĭritics of Holder's decision - mostly Republicans - argued the trial will give Mohammed and his co-defendants a world stage to spout hateful rhetoric. Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said Sunday that while the men may attempt to use the trial to express their views, 'we have full confidence in the ability of the courts and in particular the federal judge who may preside over the trial to ensure that the proceeding is conducted appropriately and with minimal disruption, as federal courts have done in the past.'
