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Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some made their way to the Twin Towers, the signature structures of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Others went to Arlington, Virginia, to the Pentagon. Across the Potomac River, the United States Congress was back in session. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, people began to line up for a White House tour. In Sarasota, Florida, President George W. Bush went for an early morning run...
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Alleged Sept. 11 plotters scheduled for arraignment
May 15, 2008
[JURIST] Military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann [JURIST news archive] set June 5 as the tentative date for the arraignment of the five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks [JURIST news archive] in an email to military defense attorneys Wednesday. The group, held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST.... [more]
DOD stalling on security clearances for civilian Guantanamo lawyers: ACLU
May 14, 2008
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense has still not issued security clearances [ACLU press release] to civilian lawyers seeking to participate in the defense of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, the.... [more]
Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
May 13, 2008
[JURIST] Death penalty charges [JURIST report] against Guantanamo detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four other men allegedly involved in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States have been confirmed by the Convening Authority for the.... [more]
US military drops charges against so-called '20th hijacker'
May 13, 2008
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense [official website] has dropped criminal charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani, [JURIST news archive] a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. Al-Qahtani was known as the "20th hijacker" for his.... [more]
9/11 suspects unlikely to go to trial before end of Bush presidency: officials
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] Six Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees charged [JURIST report] in connection with the Sept.11, 2001 terrorist attacks [JURIST news archive] will probably not be put on trial by the US military before the end of the Bush administration in January 2009, the Washington Post.... [more]
Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness: CNN
April 25, 2008
[JURIST] Navy Captain Prescott Prince [Miami Herald profile, PDF], the military-appointed lawyer [JURIST report] for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial..... [more]
Military commission trial of alleged 9/11 planner to be televised for victims' families
April 18, 2008
[JURIST] US Army Col. Lawrence Morris, chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo Bay military commissions, has said that the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] and other Sept. 11 suspects will be broadcast live via closed-circuit television to several military bases so.... [more]
Military defense lawyer appointed for alleged 9/11 mastermind
April 9, 2008
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense has assigned Navy Captain Prescott Prince [Miami Herald profile, PDF] to defend confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] before a US military commission, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. In February, the US.... [more]
Fourth Amendment not applicable to domestic military terror ops: 2001 DOJ memo
April 3, 2008
[JURIST] The US Justice Department advised the Bush administration in October 2001 that the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures enshrined in the Fourth Amendment [text] to the US Constitution did not apply to "domestic military operations" conducted in pursuit of terrorism.... [more]
Norway terrorism trial begins under tightened anti-terror laws
March 31, 2008
[JURIST] Three Norwegian men indicted [JURIST report] in September for shooting at an Oslo synagogue and planning attacks against US and Israeli embassies went on trial in Oslo Monday under strengthened anti-terrorism laws. This is the first time that suspects will be tried under the country's new.... [more]
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