How to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is creating a national debate

    After 8 years, the decision on how to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is creating a national debate.
    The Justice Department announced Friday five of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be transferred to New York to be tried in civilian court.
    Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York on the day of the attack, says the decision will send Americans the wrong message.
    “It would seem to me what the Obama Administration is telling us loud and clear is that both in substance and reality the war on terror from their point of view is over. We’re no longer going to treat these people as if this was an act of war.“
    A White House senior advisor defended the decision saying the federal trials would make a positive statement about the American Constitution.
    The five Gitmo detainees are accused of conspiring to finance, train, and direct the 19 hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon.