Judge James Pohl has granted the defense counsel in the 9/11 military commission limited access to Camp 7, the top secret prison home of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four co-defendants. The defense counsel teams initially requested a 48-hour access stint, which included the ability to sleepover with [...]
Wednesday’s pre-hearings in, United States v. Mohammed, et al., ended in soap opera-esqe drama. The last motion of the day was postponed until Thursday morning when it was announced that the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his co-defendants, had returned to their cells after yesterday’s session to find [...]
Although unclear at times, the issue for the second day of pre-trial hearings in United States v. Mohammed, et al., concerned the extent to which “The Man Behind the Curtain” could monitor attorney-client and attorney-attorney privileged communications from both inside and outside the courtroom. Three witnesses testified to this issue. Based on what was said— [...]
The Guantanamo Bay military commission hearing, Untied States v. Mohammed, et al., continued on Monday after a hiatus of a week and a half. As was the case in the al-Nashiri hearing held in the interim, just who could listen in on what was again at center stage, with defense counsel protesting that the courtroom [...]
