Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning that Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not consult her before deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged 9/11 co-conspirators in a New York federal court.

“I did not talk with the attorney general,” said Napolitano. “That is a prosecution decision, and I think it was properly made by the attorney general.”

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