Senior US Republicans have condemned the Obama administration's move to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in New York. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said bringing the suspects from Guantanamo into the US would put Americans unnecessarily at risk. The five will be tried in a civilian court near Ground Zero. The prosecution says it will seek the death penatly. The move is part of US President Barack Obama's efforts to close the Guantanamo detention centre for terror suspects. US Attorney General Eric Holder told a news conference that the department of Justice will pursue prosecution in Federal court of the five individuals accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 attacks. Sen John McCain, a Republican who lost to Mr. Obama in the 2008 Presidential race, stated that military tribunals are the best venue for terror suspects.