The election of a Barack Obama apparently has had an effect on the minds of the alleged perpetrators of 9/11:
The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and four alleged coconspirators unexpectedly told a military judge yesterday that they want to plead guilty, an apparent bid to avoid trial and become martyrs before President-elect Barack Obama follows through on a promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Isn't that something? We've known for a long time that the neoconservative approach to fighting terrorism has played right into the hands of extremists like Osama Bin Laden.
There it is in a nutshell.
The alleged perpetrators of 9/11 are scared that the Obama administration won't make martyrs of them.