Death penalty trial date set for alleged September 11 attackers
5 years, 4 months ago

Death penalty trial date set for alleged September 11 attackers

Al Jazeera  

Judge says long-awaited trial will face ‘a host of administrative and logistics challenges’ with torture being a factor. Alleged September 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp will finally go to trial in 2021, almost 20 years after the devastating attack on the United States involving hijacked airliners. A military judge set a January 2021 date for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of the five men being held at Guantanamo Bay on charges of planning and aiding the September 11 attacks, which led to a US invasion of and 18-year war in Afghanistan. Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi are accused of planning and participating in the plot – allegedly hatched by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – to hijack four airliners and crash them into New York City’s World Trade Center and buildings in Washington, DC. The five will be the first to go on trial in the “military commissions” established to handle the “war on terror” detainees captured and sent to Guantanamo after September 11.

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Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed battle to let his guilty plea go forward
18 hours, 20 minutes ago

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed battle to let his guilty plea go forward

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Friday n Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, go forward in a plea agreement that would spare him and two co-defendants the risk of the death penalty in al-Qaida’s notorious Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Defense lawyers in a filing late Wednesday …

Pentagon repatriates Guantánamo detainee held without charge for over two decades
1 week, 2 days ago

Pentagon repatriates Guantánamo detainee held without charge for over two decades

Raw Story  

The Biden administration announced late Monday that it transferred a Tunisian man who was never charged with a crime out of the notorious Guantánamo Bay military prison in Cuba, a move that came more than a decade after the detainee was approved for release. Al-Yazidi was the fourth Guantánamo detainee in two weeks to be transferred from the prison by …

Pentagon chief loses bid to reject Sept. 11, 2001, plea deals
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1 week, 3 days ago

Pentagon chief loses bid to reject Sept. 11, 2001, plea deals

LA Times  

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had contended that given the gravity of the Sept. 11 attacks, he should decide on any plea agreements that would spare the defendants the possibility of execution. A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two other defendants …

More terrorists are being shipped out of Guantanamo Bay after admitting to their roles in Asian bombing
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

More terrorists are being shipped out of Guantanamo Bay after admitting to their roles in Asian bombing

The Independent  

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US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge
3 weeks, 1 day ago

US repatriates 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees, including one held 17 years without charge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country, after they pleaded guilty to charges related to deadly 2002 bombings in Bali and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The transfers, and the repatriation Tuesday of a Kenyan man …

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy
1 month, 1 week ago

Defense Secretary strips Guantánamo official of power to reach settlements, after 9/11 plotter controversy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the authority of the official …

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas in exchange for life sentences
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas in exchange for life sentences

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged …

We still don’t know everything that happened at Guantánamo Bay. The 9/11 trial could tell us
1 month, 3 weeks ago

We still don’t know everything that happened at Guantánamo Bay. The 9/11 trial could tell us

The Independent  

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US will appeal judge’s ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty
2 months ago

US will appeal judge’s ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will appeal a military judge’s ruling that plea agreements struck by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and two of his co-defendants are valid, a defense official said Saturday. The ruling this past week voided Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s order to throw out the deals and concluded that the …

Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others
2 months ago

Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, voiding an order by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to throw out the deals, a government official said. Unless government prosecutors or others attempt to challenge the plea deals again, McCall’s ruling means that the three 9/11 …

US reinstates plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, other 9/11 suspects
2 months ago

US reinstates plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, other 9/11 suspects

Al Jazeera  

Military judge rules Defense Secretary Austin did not have the authority to rescind plea agreements with three accused. A United States military judge has ruled that plea agreements reached with the alleged plotters of the September 11, 2001, attacks are valid, reversing an order by the country’s defence minister. The order by the judge, Air Force Colonel Matthew McCall, means …

‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means that even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict
5 months ago

‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means that even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

LA Times  

Terry Strada, national chair of 9/11 Families United, said she is still willing to wait years for justice for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and for “the punishment to fit the crime. And that would be the death penalty.” A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks …

Death penalty back on table for accused mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks: Defense Secretary
5 months, 1 week ago

Death penalty back on table for accused mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks: Defense Secretary

Raw Story  

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday "effectively put the death penalty back on the table” in the war court case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the New York Times reports. The Times’ Carol Rosenberg, reporting from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says the Pentagon "announced the decision with the release of a memorandum relieving …

9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty
5 months, 1 week ago

9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty

The Independent  

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US reaches plea deals with 9/11 accused, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
5 months, 1 week ago

US reaches plea deals with 9/11 accused, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Al Jazeera  

Mohammed and two other defendants likely to enter formal plea next week over attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. The United States has announced plea agreements with three men held in Guantanamo and accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The Pentagon did not release full details of the deals involving Mohammed, Walid …

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused 9/11 mastermind, agrees to plead guilty
5 months, 1 week ago

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused 9/11 mastermind, agrees to plead guilty

LA Times  

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11, 2001, mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture in 2003. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of Al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Mohammed and two accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa Hawsawi, are expected to enter the pleas …

Should a Man Face Trial Alone at Guantanamo Bay While His Two Co-Accused Return Home?
1 year, 1 month ago

Should a Man Face Trial Alone at Guantanamo Bay While His Two Co-Accused Return Home?

The Diplomat  

What happens when three men are charged with murder, terrorism, and conspiracy, but only one will potentially stand trial for the crimes? As improbable as it may sound, this is exactly the scenario now projected to play out at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba, following the news that two Malaysian nationals have reached plea agreements …

A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic
1 year, 3 months ago

A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly psychotic. Bruck pointed to what he said was al-Shibh’s solitary confinement over four years in detention at CIA black sites, and torture …

CIA abuse rendered 9/11 defendant unfit for trial: US military judge
1 year, 3 months ago

CIA abuse rendered 9/11 defendant unfit for trial: US military judge

Al Jazeera  

Incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh means the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him. The judge, Colonel Matthew McCall, said the incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh meant that the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him. Brett Eagleson, whose father Bruce Eagleson was killed when one of the hijacked planes destroyed the south tower …

9/11 terrorists - including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed- may avoid death penalty as a result of plea deals
1 year, 4 months ago

9/11 terrorists - including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed- may avoid death penalty as a result of plea deals

Daily Mail  

The suspected architects behind the 9/11 terror attacks may never face the death penalty under new plea agreements being considered. The decision could impact numerous cases including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is being held as the suspected architect of the 9/11 attacks in New York City, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. The prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others held …

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
1 year, 4 months ago

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon has advised families of some of the thousands killed. It told the families that while no plea agreement “has been finalized, …

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, U.S. tells families
1 year, 4 months ago

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, U.S. tells families

LA Times  

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is suspected of planning the Sept. 11 attacks, may never face the death penalty under plea agreements under consideration, the Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed. The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under …

Trial looms for 17-year Guantanamo detainee in Indonesia attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

Trial looms for 17-year Guantanamo detainee in Indonesia attacks

Al Jazeera  

Medan, Indonesia – Conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been described to Al Jazeera as “not great, but not horrific” by the lawyer of Indonesian detainee Encep Nurjaman, alias Hambali, who has been held in the facility operated by the United States for 17 years. In legal documents seen by Al Jazeera, the US government alleges that Hambali …

Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC
1 year, 8 months ago

Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC

Al Jazeera  

The Guantanamo prison camp has come to symbolise the brutality of the US’s so-called ‘war on terror’. Prisoners who have been held for years by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility are showing signs of “accelerated ageing”, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross has said. Patrick Hamilton, the ICRC’s head of delegation …

U.S. accused of stalling on deal to free Guantanamo prisoner
2 years, 7 months ago

U.S. accused of stalling on deal to free Guantanamo prisoner

LA Times  

In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has languished in custody months after his scheduled release despite cooperating with authorities as part of a plea deal, according to a federal suit that seeks his immediate …

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia
2 years, 10 months ago

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia

The Independent  

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After 16 years in Guantanamo, will Hambali get a fair trial?
2 years, 11 months ago

After 16 years in Guantanamo, will Hambali get a fair trial?

Al Jazeera  

Indonesian faces a military commission over his alleged role in the Bali bombing and JW Marriott hotel attack 20 years ago. Hambali, who is now 57, has spent the last 16 years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and was described by former US President George W Bush as “one of the world’s most lethal terrorists”. “The position of the United …

Timeline: 20 years of Guantanamo Bay prison
3 years ago

Timeline: 20 years of Guantanamo Bay prison

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden says he wants to close the controversial facility in Cuba, but expansion plans are in the works. January 11 marks 20 years since the opening of Guantanamo Bay, the infamous US prison located in Cuba that critics say allows detainees to be held indefinitely outside of normal laws or judicial oversight. June 12, 2008: The United …

The greatest moral stain: Why a U.S. military jury is seeking clemency for a Guantanamo detainee
3 years, 2 months ago

The greatest moral stain: Why a U.S. military jury is seeking clemency for a Guantanamo detainee

Salon  

With all of the hoopla this past week over the off-year elections, President Biden's foreign trip, and the ongoing drama on Capitol Hill, there was very little discussion of the latest chapter in one of the most important and horrific stories of our time. RELATED: "Moment of reckoning" as two architects of CIA torture program testify at Guantánamo Bay Khan …

Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo
3 years, 2 months ago

Ex-Maryland man who joined al-Qaida sentenced at Guantanamo

Associated Press  

— A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The sentencing of Majid Khan is the culmination of the first trial by military commission for one of the 14 so-called high-value detainees who were sent to the U.S. naval …

In first, Guantanamo detainee details CIA torture in court
3 years, 2 months ago

In first, Guantanamo detainee details CIA torture in court

Al Jazeera  

A detainee held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has offered the first public account in a United States court of torture at a CIA clandestine facility during Washington’s decades-long so-called “war on terror”. Thursday’s testimony from Khan, which came during a war crimes tribunal sentencing hearing at the US base in Cuba, represents the first time a former “black …

US military trial of 9/11 suspects drags on 20 years after attack
3 years, 4 months ago

US military trial of 9/11 suspects drags on 20 years after attack

Al Jazeera  

Torture, secrecy and dysfunction plague military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay with no resolution in sight. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, along with four co-defendants appeared in a military courtroom at Guantanamo Bay this week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The military commissions at Guantanamo were established by former President George …

'9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes his first public appearance in months
3 years, 4 months ago

'9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes his first public appearance in months

Daily Mail  

New court sketches have emerged showing the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sporting a henna-dyed beard and excitedly chatting with his four co-defendants during their first pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay in 18 months. Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi smiled …

Trial for '9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects is set to resume TODAY
3 years, 4 months ago

Trial for '9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects is set to resume TODAY

Daily Mail  

The trial of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators has resumed at Guantanamo Bay, just days before the 20th anniversary of America's darkest day. Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi smiled and chatted to each other …

Trial of Accused 9/11 Mastermind Restarts, Days Before 20th Anniversary of Attacks That Shook World
3 years, 4 months ago

Trial of Accused 9/11 Mastermind Restarts, Days Before 20th Anniversary of Attacks That Shook World

News 18  

The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks, stirring new hopes for justice and retribution. Asked if the case could ever reach that point, one defense attorney, James Connell, replied, “I don’t know.” Lasting impact of torture Attorneys say the five defendants — Mohammed, …

Guantanamo detainee due in military court over Indonesia bombings
3 years, 4 months ago

Guantanamo detainee due in military court over Indonesia bombings

Al Jazeera  

Former leader of Indonesia’s Jemaah Islamiyah to face war crimes trial, 18 years after his arrest in Thailand. Medan, Indonesia – An Indonesian man held at a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is due to go on trial on Monday, 18 years after his arrest in connection with a series of “terror attacks” including the deadly nightclub and …

US moves to try Bali bomb suspects at Guantanamo
3 years, 11 months ago

US moves to try Bali bomb suspects at Guantanamo

Al Jazeera  

The military trial to begin for three men held at the Guantanamo Bay, who are suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Indonesia. The Pentagon announced on Thursday plans to move ahead with a military trial for three men held at the United States’ base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are suspected of involvement in deadly bombings in Indonesia in …

Another judge steps away from stalled Guantanamo 9/11 trial
4 years, 3 months ago

Another judge steps away from stalled Guantanamo 9/11 trial

The Independent  

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Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets an early 2021 start date
5 years, 4 months ago

Trial in 9/11 case at Guantanamo gets an early 2021 start date

LA Times  

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan on March 1, 2003. A military judge on Friday set a date in early 2021 for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of five men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 …

Accused 9/11 mastermind open to testimony against Saudi Arabia
5 years, 5 months ago

Accused 9/11 mastermind open to testimony against Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed open to testifying in victims’ lawsuit if US decides not to seek the death penalty against him. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, has indicated a willingness to cooperate in a lawsuit filed by victims seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, if the United States decides not to seek the death …

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