'' The New York Times '' wrote in 2006 that King had been " the Patriot Act 's most fervent fan . " In 2008 , King told the Times , " Look , we have not been attacked in seven years and it 's not because of luck . " King opposed former President Barack Obama 's executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp . Since 2009 , King has argued against holding terrorist trials in New York City saying that enormous security risks and financial costs would accompany the public trials . In April 2011 , he called for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign due to Holder 's plans to transfer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators in the September 11 , 2001 attacks from Guantanamo to New York City for trials in U.S. federal court . King denounced Holder 's plan " as the most irresponsible decision ever made by any attorney general . " King continued to challenge Attorney General Holder in April 2011 , demanding to know why the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) , its co-founder Omar Ahmad , the Islamic Society of North America , the North American Islamic Trust , and other unindicted " co-conspirators " in the Holy Land Foundation " terrorism financing " trial , were not being prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice . In a letter to Holder , King wrote he had recently learned that the decision had been made by high-ranking Justice Department officials " over the vehement and stated objections of special agents and supervisors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , as well as the prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney 's Office in Dallas " , adding that " there should be full transparency into the Department 's decision . " Holder responded that the decision not to prosecute had been made during the Bush administration . The U.S. Attorney in Dallas said he alone had been responsible for the decision , which had been made based on an analysis of the law and the evidence , with no political pressure involved
September 11 , 2001 attacks
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Peter T. King