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Federal Court Could Be Perfect Arena For Smug 9/11 'Mastermind'/

at his trial. WASHINGTON — When two planes struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, Khalid Sheik Mohammed was sitting in an Internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan, monitoring the attacks. At first, Mohammed later ...

From PETER FINN WASHINGTON POST, The San Jose Mercury News,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden,  Ramzi Binalshibh,  Barack Obama

Trials of building a legal team

As the trial of Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four alleged co-conspirators moves to federal court in Manhattan, the issue of who will represent him will be among the first in an array of complex legal ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mary Jo White,  Ramzi Binalshibh,  American Civil Liberties Union

Alleged Sept. 11 planner will be tried in New York

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete ...

From PETER FINN AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Department of Justice,  George W. Bush

Alleged Sept. 11 planner to be tried in New York

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in Manhattan federal courthouse less than a mile from Ground Zero, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete ...

From PETER FINN AND CARRIE JOHNSON, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Department of Justice,  George W. Bush

For massive ego, a perfect arena

After the towers came down, Mohammed returned to a hideaway flat in the city. There, according to newly disclosed details from U.S. officials, he and a number of associates, including Ramzi Binalshibh, al-Qaeda's liaison with the Sept. 11 hijackers, ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Ramzi Binalshibh,  Osama bin Laden,  Barack Obama,  Central Intelligence Agency

Announcement of Guantanamo Bay detainees' fate expected today

The Justice Department is expected to announce on Friday the fate of some key detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, and to say whether suspects including Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks -- will continue to ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Justice,  White House,  Greg Craig,  U.S. Republican Party

U.S. citizen sues over treatment in 'rendition'

The suit, brought on behalf of Amir Meshal by the American Civil Liberties Union, is the first by a U.S. citizen seeking damages for the practice of "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorist suspects between countries. Meshal, who is now ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  American Civil Liberties Union,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Al-Qaeda

Key Democrats Would Let Guantanamo Detainees Be Tried in U.S.

Left unresolved was whether the administration could also hold detainees indefinitely in this country without charging them. House and Senate Democrats who are negotiating the defense authorization bill included language that would prohibit only the ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Department of Justice

Detainees Face Severe Conditions if Moved to U.S.

Mohammed can also use that time to visit a media room to watch movies of his choice, read newspapers and books, or play handheld electronic games. He and other detainees have access to elliptical machines and stationary bikes. At Guantanamo, such ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Barack Obama,  Zacarias Moussaoui,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

At Forum, Retired Military Officers Back Guantanamo Closure

At a forum on Capitol Hill, the retired generals and admirals argued that shuttering the facility in Cuba is in the strategic interest of the United States because it will destroy a potent propaganda-and-recruitment tool used by terrorists. But, they ...

From PETER FINN, The Washington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

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