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Was This Pic of 9/11 Suspect Smuggled Out of Gitmo?

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:12:00 CDT

US officials are at a loss to explain how apparently recent photos of the suspected 9/11 master plotter ended up on a jihadist website . They fear the photos may have been taken and smuggled out of Guantanamo Bay. The photos show a calm, often smiling Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other...

Tomorrow: 9/11 Case Back On at Gitmo

Matt Cantor — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:47:05 CDT

It's been three years since President Obama paused the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. Tomorrow, the case resumes in a military tribunal at Guantanamo after efforts to move the proceedings to a civilian court failed . Things could be a little different...

Death Penalty Trial to Resume for KSM

Kevin Spak — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:29:37 CDT

The long-delayed effort to put alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed on trial lurched forward today, when the Pentagon approved a death penalty trial for Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators, the Washington Post reports. The trial will be conducted by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, with an arraignment...

New Charges Filed Against KSM

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:14:05 CDT

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and four alleged co-conspirators face new conspiracy and murder charges filed today by US military prosecutors. All five defendants were originally charged during George W. Bush’s presidency, but those charges were dropped when President Obama attempted to move the trials into...

Military Court Less Likely to Sentence KSM to Death

Kevin Spak — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:25:04 CDT

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is dying to be executed. He’s confessed to plotting the 9/11 attacks and a host of other terrorist activity, and said he’d like to be a martyr. But that’s significantly less likely to happen now that he’ll be tried by a military commission, the LA Times reports....

Cowardice Wins In Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Trial

Kevin Spak — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:36:05 CDT

Eric Holder’s decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in a military tribunal is “a victory for Congressional pandering and an embarrassment for the Obama administration, which failed to stand up to it,” the New York Times declares in a scathing editorial today. The administration’s original plan to try...

9/11 Mastermind Gets Gitmo Military Trial

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:57:37 CDT

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will be tried by a military commission at Guantanamo Bay, rather than the civilian court President Obama has long advocated, sources tell CBS News . Eric Holder will announce this new plan soon. Previously, Holder had put forward a plan to try the confessed 9/11 mastermind in New...

Holder: Terror Trials Still Possible in NYC

John Johnson — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:30:07 CDT

Turns out the debate on holding terror trials in New York City isn't settled after all. Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate panel today that "New York isn't off the table"—even though the Obama administration said as much earlier this year when Mayor Bloomberg and others balked. Holder...

Obama, Senate Near Deal for Military 9/11 Trials

Kevin Spak — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:51:00 CDT

The White House and Senate are near a deal that would close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and pave the way for more of its inmates—including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—to face military tribunals rather than civilian courts. The deal has been in the works for a while, but a...