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Eric Holder: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not making this decision. The Attorney General makes.

On the recordNovember 17, 2009
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not making this decision. The Attorney General makes.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder asserts that the Attorney General, not the defendant, decides the trial venue.

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