WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is taking a more direct role in the decision where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said on Friday.
The Obama administration faces growing opposition from Democratic and Republican lawmakers to plans to try Mohammed and four others in a federal criminal court in lower Manhattan. New York City officials also oppose the idea.
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