Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference on Monday. Wilson/Getty

Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday did not rule out the possibility that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accused accomplices would be tried in New York.

“We are in the process of trying to determine where the case will be tried,” he told reporters after announcing that Najibullah Zazi had pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring with others to detonate explosives in the United States.

Asked whether New York City was still on the table, he said, “We are in the process of speaking with local officials trying to determine where that trial will occur.”

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Update: Attorney General Eric Holder: 9/11 terror trial in New York City is still on the table — New York Daily News

My Comment: I have two good contacts/friends who are Democrats and who work in the US Senate.

US Senator Joe Lieberman Seeks To Overturn ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ — Politico

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will introduce a bill next week to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” adding a respected independent voice to the movement to overturn the policy that prohibits gays from serving in the military.

Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats but tends to take more conservative stands on prominent issues, plans to be a chief supporter of what could be the most socially progressive legislation to come through this Congress.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi suggested Thursday that Democrats may wait on voting to repeal the ban on gays in the military until after the midterm elections and after the Pentagon has completed a full review of its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

“We’ve done a heavy lift, and I don’t know,” Pelosi told reporters.

President Obama and General McChrystal. Getty Images

From Politico:

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, goes before Congress this week, and with him comes this question: Who’s really in charge here, the generals or President Barack Obama?

The long-awaited hearings, beginning Tuesday before the House and Senate Armed Services committees, are a bookend of sorts to Obama’s address last Tuesday at West Point committing 30,000 more troops to the war effort in Afghanistan.

From The Washington Times:

Frustrated by the lack of action to overturn the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Democrats in Congress are calling for at least temporary immunity so gay service members can testify at the Capitol about their experiences.

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