The US Senate has voted against a measure aimed at preventing the Obama administration from transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to US soil for trial
19 Kasım 2009 Perşembe 01:27
The measure sponsored by Republican Senator James Inhofe was defeated in a 57-43 vote on Tuesday afternoon.
Inhofe's plan would have prevented suspected terrorists held at the notorious prison camp from being transferred to the American soil for trial.
It also proposed to block funds to build or modify any US facilities to hold detainees on a temporary or permanent basis.
"The Senate did the right thing by voting down this amendment… Today it rejected fear-mongering and political grandstanding and recognized that justice can only be served in our tried and true courts," the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement.
The development comes as President Barack Obama decided to try the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other alleged co-plotters in a civilian court in New York.
Obama's decision has been widely criticized by American citizens, who believe that the suspects should be tried in a military court.
The decision, which is in line with Obama's key plans to close Guantanamo Bay by a January 22 deadline, was also quickly condemned by some of the families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks
The measure sponsored by Republican Senator James Inhofe was defeated in a 57-43 vote on Tuesday afternoon. 
