Obama, as you may have heard (and if you haven't, you will) is running for re-election (there, now you have)

Obama Reverses Course: No Civilian Trials for 9/11 Plotters | Common Dreams

In a sharp reversal of the Obama administration's policy on trying Sept. 11 suspects in U.S. courts, mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-conspirators will be tried in a military commission at Guantanamo Bay.