Obama seeks $200 million to fund 9/11 trials

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Growing opposition moves prosecution of alleged terrorists from NYC

NBC News and news services
updated 10:43 p.m. ET, Sat., Jan. 30, 2010

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials of accused terrorists such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

The money will be included in a budget plan for 2011 of roughly $3.7 trillion that President Barack Obama will submit to Congress on Monday, a congressional aide said Saturday. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because the spending blueprint hasn't been announced.

The administration said late last year the trials would take place in federal court in lower Manhattan, near where the World Trade Center once stood. But there's growing opposition from the city, and on Friday night NBC News and other media outlets reported that the administration abandoned its plan to try Mohammed in the city.

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