supporters say it had been planted there by professional criminals taking advantage of shaikh's bipolar disorder, but today the chinese foreign ministry said they'd seen no evidence that shaikh was mentally ill adding they hoped this would not damage relations between both countries. certainly been strong, the chinese warning today that no one has a right to comment on its judicial affairs. >> but emails written by shaikh and witness statements do prove mental illness according to one psychologist contacted by campaigners most probably a manic phase in which his ability to think rationally, control his impulses, think through the consequences of actions was severely compromised. >> many years ago, he was simply a successful businessman. now he's the first european to be executed in china for half a century, and is family is left saddened and stunned. >> sreenivasan: china executes more people each year than any other country. north korea confirmed today it has detained an arizona man for illegally entering the country. family members identified the man as 28-year-old christian missionar

shaikh, a muslim youth director in toronto infiltrated the group, most of them teenagers. them high school friends who had played soccer together. he said they begun looking at perceived injustice towards muslims around the world. they became homegrown terrorists bent on killing in hopes they would become famous among their heroes. osama bin laden, the taliban and radical clerk anwar al alwaki. >> it is a hobby. they are online and then it is a cause for celebration when one goes and does something. >> toronto's police chief, the toronto 18 is the new and growing threat of terror. >> it is one thing to keep a threat outside your borders. it is another to realize that threat can germinate and grow inside your borders and inside your own communities. >> what prevented catastrophe three years ago was inside information allowing shaikh to penetrate the group actually going on these training missions. this undercover tape the group practices guerilla war tactics. also caught on tape purchases what the would-be terrorists thought were large quantities of amonium nitrate. this po

now they want to give khalid shaikh mohammed a trial before a jury of his peers. when i look out at my fellow new yorkers i don't see khalid shaikh mohamad's peers. i see him come -- muhammcolli'. there are people up here who before 9/11 were facing down terrorists when the people running this government now were pardoning terrorists. there are people here who after 9/11 were fighting terrorists while the people running this government or at guantanamo bay representing terrorists. >> that's the truth. >> we are not fera out of fear -- we are not here out of fear. we want justice. the attorney general does not understand what the rule of law has been in wartime. in wartime the rule of law for terrorists and for enemies is war crimor * in wartime trial ba military tribunal. it's not to bring them to a federal courts and give them all the rights of the americans that want to kill. the rule of law for wartime enemies has been military commissions since the beginning of this country. it was the right thing for george washington. it was the right thing for andrew jackso

that's khalid shaikh mohammed. that's how evil he is. and now the president has said, and eric holder has said that we'll feel better when they are prosecuted in the united states and when they are executed. and i'll say the president, the attorney general had repeatedly said that k.s.m. will be convicted. i say it opens up a new set of appeals that k.s.m., while would be announced that he would be convicted and implied at least that he would be executed by the president of the united states who is a lawyer, a harvard lawyer, an instructor of constitution law at the university of chicago -- even though he was adjunct professor, that's the announcement from the president of the united states and the attorney general that said essentially this, first we'll hang them and then we'll try them. i point your attention, madam speaker, by a writing by mark twain called "ruffing it" the turn of the middle of the 19th century. he wrote a story in "roughing it" about a captain, ned blakely. he was sailed off to the islands to get a load of whatever

khalid shaikh mohammed. the isi has not been a good one. they tend to side with the extremists and help us with high-valued targets. has this improved? what do you plan to work better with the pakistan intelligence service? >> congressman, my official responsibility ends at the borders of afghanistan. we do, however, have a close relationship with the pakistani military so we build up with a partnership against problems on both sides of the border. it still has a long way to go. i'm absolutely committee to improve in that so our shared strategic goals are met. >> thank you. and what is the influence of iran in afghanistan right now? >> it's both positive and negative. there are a number of positive things they do economically and culturally. there's always a threat they may bring illicit or inappropriate influence in, and we watch for that. >> thank you, general. >> translator: time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good hearing. it's timely. i t

khalid shaikh mohammed. the isi has not been a good one. they tend to side with the extremists and help us with high-valued targets. has this improved? what do you plan to work better with the pakistan intelligence service? >> congressman, my official responsibility ends at the borders of afghanistan. we do, however, have a close relationship with the pakistani military so we build up with a partnership against problems on both sides of the border. it still has a long way to go. i'm absolutely committee to improve in that so our shared strategic goals are met. >> thank you. and what is the influence of iran in afghanistan right now? >> it's both positive and negative. there are a number of positive things they do economically and culturally. there's always a threat they may bring illicit or inappropriate influence in, and we watch for that. >> thank you, general. >> translator: time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good hearing. it's timely. i t

ramzi yousef, world trade center bomber, shaikh mohammad.he history of pakistani isi has not been a good one. they tend to side with the extremists. at the same time help us with high guide targets. has this improved and what do you plan to work better with the pakistan intelligence service? >> congressman, my official responsibility ends at the border of afghanistan. we do, however, have a close relationship with the pakistani military so that we build up a partnership with the problems on both sides of the board. it still has a long way to go. i am absolutely committed like our intelligence agencies are to improve on that so that our shared strategic goals are met. >> what is the influence of iran and afghanistan right now? >> is both positive and negative. there are a number of positive things they do economically and culturally. there's always the threat that they may bring illicit or inappropriate influence in, and we watch for that. >> thank you, general. >> the gentleman from california, mr. koster, recognizer five and. >> thank you,