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Guantanamo war crimes tribunal in 'hot mess' over computer problems
Source: Reuters
Guantanamo war crimes tribunal in 'hot mess' over computer problems
By Jane Sutton
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba | Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - Defense lawyers asked the judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal on Friday to halt pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case until technicians fix a slew of computer and email problems that they said had made it nearly impossible to do their work.
"We're basically put back in the 19th century," said Army Major Jason Wright, who represents the alleged mastermind of the hijack plane attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed. "It takes about five to 10 times what it would normally take to do defense functions."
Pentagon technical advisers have said it would take up to 111 days to fix the problems once a contract was signed and money allocated, and that it was unlikely the work could be done before the start of 2014.
The judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, said he would consider the matter further at a pretrial hearing scheduled to start on September 16 and decide then whether to cancel hearings set for October, November, December and January.
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By Jane Sutton
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba | Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - Defense lawyers asked the judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal on Friday to halt pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case until technicians fix a slew of computer and email problems that they said had made it nearly impossible to do their work.
"We're basically put back in the 19th century," said Army Major Jason Wright, who represents the alleged mastermind of the hijack plane attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed. "It takes about five to 10 times what it would normally take to do defense functions."
Pentagon technical advisers have said it would take up to 111 days to fix the problems once a contract was signed and money allocated, and that it was unlikely the work could be done before the start of 2014.
The judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, said he would consider the matter further at a pretrial hearing scheduled to start on September 16 and decide then whether to cancel hearings set for October, November, December and January.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/23/us-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE97M0ZQ20130823