Posted at: 11/23/2009 3:08 PM
By: LUKE GARRISON

9/11 Trial Plans Anger Minn. Victim's Father

Lawyers say the five men accused of planning the 9-11 attacks will plead not guilty when they go on trial in New York. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four alleged accomplices will soon be brought to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay.

An attorney for one of the five men to be put on trial says all five will use their time in court to speak out against U.S. foreign policy.

That news did not sit will with the father of Minnesota 9-11 victim Tom Burnett Jr. His son died trying to take control of Flight 93, and Tom Burnett Sr. says his son, and thousands of others, never got a chance to speak.

"It's a slap in my face, and all of the people who lost someone that day to have these vermin put on trial in New York City and get away with what I think they'll get away with," said Burnett Sr.

Burnett Sr. says he believes there should be a trial, but not a world spotlight shining down on the alleged planners.

"A military trial would do the same thing, get them justice, give them a chance to talk, but not out in public," said Burnett Sr.

He says the alleged planners must be punished. "We should give them what they deserve. Personally, I want them to get the death penalty."

Above all, Burnett Sr. just wants justice for what happened on September 11, which he says was far worse than a crime. "These people declared war on us, and sworn to kill as many Americans as they can."

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers last week he is confident the accused planners of the September 11 attacks will be convicted and executed.

Until an official decision is reached, Burnett Sr. and others will wait to see what the fate of the accused 9-11 planners will be.