By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

I don't see why John Boehner is accusing Eric Holder of exercising political motives with his decision to move the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four co-defendants to federal court in New York City. Given Republicans' skill in whipping up peoples' fears, the attorney general's decision is bound to be hugely unpopular.

But really, where better to bring the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind to justice than in the U.S. courts? Let the justice system and the citizens of the nation he so despises determine his fate.

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