Prop 8 Lawyer, 9/11 Widower Ted Olson Defends Obama on Cordoba House 5.17K Jim Newell 08/18/10 04:16PM Filed to: Cordoba House Cordoba House Ground zero mosque Park 51 Ted Olson 9/11 barbara olson Prop 8 There's more "Ground Zero mosque" news today! Here's Prop 8 lawyer Ted Olson, whose wife Barbara was killed on 9/11 (while he was Solicitor General), on the Islamic community center saga: "I think probably the president was right about this."