WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) — The White House will decide where to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other Sept. 11 terror suspects but probably not before November’s elections, officials say.

The Washington Post, citing unnamed Obama administration, law enforcement and congressional sources, reported Sunday that taking such a major prosecutorial decision out of the hands of the Justice Department is unusual.

“It’s a White House call,” one law enforcement official told the newspaper. “We’re all in the dark.”