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WikiLeaks: 9/11 Mastermind Says He Killed Daniel Pearl Against al-Qaida Warnings

A senior al-Qaida military commander instructed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that Pearl should "be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed." But Mohammed, the supposed mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, says he killed Pearl...

Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

9/11 Mastermind, 4 Alleged Henchmen to Face Military Tribunal

WASHINGTON -- Yielding to political opposition, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen will be referred to military commissions for trial rather than to a civilian federal court in New York. The families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks...

Guantanamo Bay Military Trials to Resume: What Do the Pundits Think?

It was a top priority in his 2008 presidential campaign, but it appears that Barack Obama won't be closing Gitmo anytime soon. The White House announced on Monday that military trials will resume at the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, where a new executive order signed by the president now creates a system in...

Opinion: Obama's Gitmo Flip Flop is a Win-Win

Though no one would have guessed it during his inauguration week over two years ago -- when President Barack Obama boldly ordered the closure of Guantanamo's detention facilities and the immediate suspension of military commissions -- he has just reversed course and lifted the ban on military trials for detainees. And as...

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05/16/12 Guantanamo 9/11 Trial: Senior U.S. Officials Sought To... Source: The Huffington Post Defense teams in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order senior U.S. government officials to testify at the U.S. base in Cuba as part of a motion to dismiss charges, a lawyer for one of the defendants said Tuesday.
05/09/12 Justice on Trial Source: The Huffington Post A casual observer could be forgiven this past week for thinking that the so-called "war on terrorism" is nearing a successful conclusion.
05/08/12 Sept. 11 Trial Set To Have More Chaos Than Justice Source: The Huffington Post The arraignment [of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed] had all the hallmarks of a disaster in the making.
05/07/12 Anthony D. Romero: The Shame of GuantÃ¡namo: A... Source: The Huffington Post As I watched the arraignment Saturday of five accused conspirators in the 9/11 attacks, I was reminded of Yogi Berra.
05/06/12 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial: Guantanamo 9/11 Case... Source: The Huffington Post The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, but the trial won't be starting anytime soon.

Background on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (; also transliterated as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and additionally known by at least fifty aliases) is a Kuwait-born militant in U.S.

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