Judge to Weigh Whether 9/11 Case at Guantanamo Should Be Halted

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Judge to weigh whether 9/11 case at Guantanamo should be halted

By Jane Sutton

Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:10am EDT

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The judge in the Guantanamo war crimes court is to decide this week whether to halt pretrial hearings in the September 11 case until next year so technicians can fix computer problems that defense lawyers say are stymieing their work.

Hearings resume on Monday in the slow-moving case against the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other alleged al Qaeda conspirators who could be executed if convicted of charges that include mass murder, terrorism and hijacking.

At a hearing that ended on August 23, defense lawyers said their emails and work files were vanishing and that prosecutors and defense lawyers had temporarily been given access to each other's files.

Pentagon technicians were scheduled to testify this week about the extent of the problems and how much time and money it would take to fix. Technical advisors have said it would take at least three months, once a contract was signed and money allocated.

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[Indi Guy]

1. Only the lives of 5 people at stake here...

...during all these shabby goings-on.

Also, how on earth can Khalid Sheikh Mohammed get a fair trial when his testimony was procured after his being water-boarded 183 times??? -- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/20detain.html?_r=0

[cstanleytech]

2. Mmmm why do I suspect that this is just yet another delaying tactic by the government?

These people have after all been held for years and both SCOTUS and congress should be ashamed of their actions for letting this charade continue.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[Lonr]

4. With the growing uproar

concerning the evidence that indicates that the official story of what happened on 9/11 is "less than the whole truth", I'm not too surprised that some in the Pentagon would want to manipulate the outcome of this particular trial.

After all, this WTC core column sure as HELL did not melt itself at a 45 degree angle, and there's no way jet fuel burning almost a quarter mile above it did so either:

[SamKnause]

5. 9/11

I agree 100% !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too many lies, not enough truth.

Too much secrecy, not enough truth.

Too many omissions, not enough truth.

Too many cover ups, not enough truth.

Too many of the guilty living in gilded estates, not enough truth.

Too many of the guilty still operating behind the scenes, not enough truth.

The government of the U.S.; all branches are corrupt and intentionally destructive.

They are non functional when it comes to the needs of 'we the people' and what is best for this country.

The actions of the majority are traitorous.

There is no kind way around these brutal facts.

This has been going on for decades.

[Sunlei]

8. that planes hit those buildings and the fire construction of skyscrapers isn't an issue here.

someone took/deleted those 5 peoples lawyer records! and now the Federal Gov wants to spend millions more of taxpayer money, decades more to feed the monster that is Guantanamo prison today.

[Lonr]

9. How can the events of 9/11

not be an issue here? The ensuing wars ( and imprisonment of suspected terrorists ) are a direct result of this event!

[Sunlei]

10. I understand you. some people argue the Gov sent planes or fire architecture of old skyscrapers

I agree with you that hate for what Americas military did and insane religious passion brought those planes to us.

But I don't know how to stop the monster the Federal Gov created.

If only the dumb ass airlines locked the damn cockpit doors after hijackings became a problem.

[Escher]

6. K & R

[gopiscrap]

13. welcome to DU

[Sunlei]

7. 5 people!the Gov will allow decades more time and millions more to 'get' 5 people who were tortured

send those people home, where ever they want or set them up somewhere else.

close that damn hellhole, give the land and buildings back to CUBA. what a freaking mess.

[another_liberal]

11. We tortured all of these men . . .

They should never be tried by this country. We tortured all of these men repeatedly and over extensive periods of time, for years in fact. Any so-called evidence we obtained from them or their associates is invalidated by those brutal, unlawful and unnecessary excesses on our part.

They should be handed over to the War Crimes Court in the Hague (as should their torturers). We have no right to even hold them any longer, let alone try them for crimes such as they are charged with.

[CanSocDem]

12. Lack of evidence? (eom)

[Lenomsky]

14. Really ..

Technical advisors have said it would take at least three months, once a contract was signed and money allocated.

I'd hazard those Technical Advisers are over paid and being instructed to delay.