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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 03:21 PM Aug 2015

U.S. military cancels hearing for September 11 suspects

Source: Reuters

US | Sun Aug 16, 2015 11:54am EDT

U.S. military cancels hearing for September 11 suspects

WASHINGTON

The U.S. military has canceled a pretrial hearing for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, a military spokesman said on Sunday, in another setback for the government in its efforts to try the five men being held at Guantanamo.

A defense department spokesman said the hearing, originally scheduled for Aug. 24 to Sept. 4, was canceled by the military judge.

"The judge cited issues that remain unresolved with regard to a claimed defense counsel conflict of interest," said Commander Gary Ross.

News of the cancellation was first reported by ABC News.

Defense attorneys for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators raised concerns in 2014 that they were being spied on by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They said that created a conflict of interest between them and their clients.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/16/us-usa-guantanamo-hearing-idUSKCN0QL0LS20150816
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U.S. military cancels hearing for September 11 suspects (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2015 OP
...I can't believe we are still propping up this Bushco circus n/t Hydra Aug 2015 #1
Those men will never see the light of day dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #2
Because it's quite likely that all of them have nothing to do with anything Hydra Aug 2015 #3
War profits are part of the Global corpocracy....n/t dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #4

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. Those men will never see the light of day
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 05:33 PM
Aug 2015

and never be allowed to tell their story.
Which beggars the question....why?

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
3. Because it's quite likely that all of them have nothing to do with anything
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 08:59 PM
Aug 2015

And have been held without charge and tortured for years.

The real question in my mind is, why was it a such a priority of the Obama Admin to cover this up and keep it going? This is Geneva convention level stuff.

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