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\nAlleged al Qaeda kingpin Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in detention at Guantanamo, in a 2009 file image. (Photo courtesy Jarret Brachman via Miami Herald\/TNS)<\/p>\n
\nAlleged al Qaeda kingpin Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in detention at Guantanamo, in a 2009 file image. (Photo courtesy Jarret Brachman via Miami Herald\/TNS)<\/p>\n
Hmmmmm…..wonder if the new Sheriff in the White House and his Attorney General has anything to do with the sea-change on board GITMO.<\/p>\n
From the article:<\/p>\n
A date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others charged in the planning of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Air Force judge Col. W. Shane Cohen set Jan. 11, 2021 as the starting date for the joint death-penalty trial of the five terrorist plotters, who will face Camp Justice military court in Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba, according to The New York Times on Friday.<\/p>\n
The date signifies the first time a trial judge has set a start-of-trial date in the case. Two previous judges had not set dates, though prosecutors have requested trial dates since the defendants were arraigned in 2012.<\/p>\n
New dates have also been set for next month to determine what evidence will be admissible in court. The examination of evidence is needed as the defense team has argued confessions by the defendants were coerced through years of torture by the C.I.A. and should be considered inadmissible.<\/p>\n
Additional New York Times reporting states that in 2006, the F.B.I. under the Bush administration decided to question Mohammed and other members of Al Qaeda upon Mohammed\u2019s arrival at the Guant\u00e1namo Bay facility. The F.B.I. sent legally \u201cclean teams\u201d to gather statements from the defendants, separate from the C.I.A. interrogation, in order to ensure that their confessions would be seen as lawful before a court.<\/p>\n
Though the various defendants made their confessions to the F.B.I. in the separate interrogations, the defense team has claimed they have evidence the F.B.I. played a role in the C.I.A. interrogations by feeding questions for the interrogators, and the C.I.A. maintained a role even after the transfer to Guant\u00e1namo Bay.<\/p>\n
As a result of these claims, the defense is arguing these confessions sourced from the F.B.I. could not be distinguished from those confessions made to the C.I.A. and remain inadmissible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIf the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell\u201d – Carl Sandburg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the rest of the article here: American Military News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"