Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Choking Off Coverage of Bradley Manning's Court-Martial

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Julian Assange, First Amendment, Bradley Manning Court Martial, Center for Constitutional Rights, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Politics News

None of the court's orders have been published. None of the transcripts have been released. And none of the government filings have been posted. Not even with redactions -- nothing.

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On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons With Torture

Bill Moyers | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Dilma Roussef, Abu Zubaydah, 9/11, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, Mohammed Al-QahtaniX Reckoning With Torture, South Africa, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Torture, Memorial Day, Memorial Day 2012, War on Terror, Politics News

If we really want to honor the Americans in uniform who gave their lives fighting for their country, we'll redouble our efforts to make sure we're worthy of their sacrifice; we'll renew our commitment to the rule of law, for the rule of law is essential to any civilization worth dying for.

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Top U.S. Officials Sought To Testify At Gitmo 9/11 Trial

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Defense teams in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order senior U.S. government officials to tes...

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Justice on Trial

Andrea Prasow | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Military Commissions, 9/11 Trials, Military Tribunals, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

The U.S. cannot un-torture Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. It cannot redo the detention of these men in a way that is humane and just. There is, however, the chance to ensure that the court in which they are judged is not a further perversion of the values Americans claim to hold dear.

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Sept. 11 Trial A Disaster In The Making

Bloomberg | Posted 05.08.2012

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The arraignment [of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed] had all the hallmarks of a disaster in the making. The defendants refused to cooperate or even acknowledge...

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The Shame of Guantánamo: A Close-Up View of Injustice

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Barack Obama, Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

I have now been to Guantánamo six times. Nothing I've seen has changed my view that the military commissions are unworkable. The system is set up to guarantee convictions and hand down death sentences, nothing more.

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9/11 Mastermind Trial Could Last Years

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: September 11, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Trial, 9/11 Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11 Guantanamo, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay, Ksm, World News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks ...

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9/11 Mastermind In Court

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: September 11, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ali Abd Al-Aziz Ali, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, 9/11, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Ramzi Binalshibh, 9-11, Al Qaeda, World News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and wouldn't listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3...

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9/11 Mastermind Returns To Guantanamo Tribunal

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: September 11, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Kahild Sheikh Mohammed Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Tribunal, 9/11 Mastermind, September 11th, World News

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The man who once bragged about planning Sept. 11 "from A to Z" may mount a defense after all to charges that h...

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Everyone Loses In a 9/11 Show Trial

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Federal Courts, 9/11 Trials, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Bay, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, George W. Bush, 9/11, World Trade Center, September 11 Attacks, Ksm, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Politics News

When even the former chief prosecutor opposes a trial in the military commissions he headed, there's something seriously wrong. Since their creation...

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Sept. 11 Trial To Resume At Guantanamo

AP | By BEN FOX | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantanamo Trial, Sept 11 Trial, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept 11 Trial Guantanamo, World News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Pentagon said Wednesday it is ready to resume a trial at Guantanamo Bay for the acknowledged mastermind of the Sept. 11 a...

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KSM Referred To Military Crimes Tribunal At Guantanamo Bay

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: KSM Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, September 11th Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial, Reuters, KSM Death Penalty, KSM 911, 911 Trial, World News

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four suspected co-conspirators were referred on Wednesday to ...

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Top Prosecutor At Guantanamo Military Commissions To Retire

NPR | DINA TEMPLE-RASTON | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mark Martins, Guantanamo Bay, Video, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Military Commissions Act, Rule of Law Field Force, David Petraeus, Politics News

NPR has learned that the top prosecutor at the Guantanamo Bay military commissions has asked to retire from the military after he finishes his assignm...

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EXCERPT: How 9/11 Mastermind Was Caught

Posted 03.28.2012

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"The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed" by Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer (Little, Bro...

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Lessons From Lubanga

Morris Davis | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: War Crimes, Thomas Lubanga, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Genocide, Guantanamo, Icc, International Criminal Court, Dick Cheney, World News

Whether you can put a price on justice is an interesting philosophical argument, but it is possible to have a meaningful discussion about whether international crimes tribunals are worth the costs.

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Judge Denies Extensions In 9/11 Trial

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 04.04.2012

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay...

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Musharraf Faces Mountain of Challenges If He Is to Return to Pakistan

Rob Crilly | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Imran Khan, Pervez Musharraf, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Facebook, All Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan, World News

The problem for the former military ruler as he plots his return to the country he ruled for nine years, is that the divide is between voters at home and the world outside.

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WATCH: A Look At The CIA's Secret Romanian Prison

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, 9/11, Romania Cia Prison, Black Sites, Al Qaeda, September 11, Bucharest-Romania, Video, Bright Light, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, CIA Black Sites, Romania, Guantanamo Bay, Bucharest, September 11th, CIA Prisons, Cuba, World News

WASHINGTON — One of the CIA's most important secrets in the war on terrorism was hiding in plain sight, on a leafy residential street along a bu...

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Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America's Courts

Karen J. Greenberg | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Trial, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Courts, National Security, Terrorism, Guantanamo, Judicial System, Osama Bin Laden, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, Politics News

It's hard to escape the conclusion that the U.S. has little faith in its ability to put on trial a man assumedly responsible for murdering thousands. The administration's skepticism when it comes to using the judicial system risks is becoming pervasive.

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Time to Get it Right on Terror Trial Venues

Aitan Goelman | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Terror Trials, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, Terrorism, Politics News

American policy toward terrorism trial venues is deeply flawed. If we needed any evidence, it has clearly been provided in several recent cases, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspects arrested in Kentucky and, most recently, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame.

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Holder Continues To Defend Civilian Trials for Terrorists

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Guantanamo Civilian Courts, Civilian Courts, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, American Constitution Society, Military Tribunals, Guantanamo Military Tribunals, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism Trials, Terrorist Trials, Eric Holder, Gitmo, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Despite numerous setbacks over the past 2 1/2 years, Attorney General Eric Holder defiantly defended the civilian court system as a venu...

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Donald Rumsfeld: Being Waterboarded Is Better Than Being Killed by a Drone

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Terrorism, Cyber Security, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Waterboarding, Ksm, Drones, Osama Bin Laden, World News

"Three prisoners have been waterboarded but not at Guantanamo and not by the Department of Defense. They were waterboarded with the authority of President Bush and the approval of the Department of Justice."

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Are Terrorists Beyond the Law?

D.R. Burgess | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Trial, Federal Court, New York, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Piracy, Terrorism, Bin Laden, Politics News

Can we afford to give due process to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? If our legal system cannot sustain the prosecution of a murderer for his crimes, the implications for our society and its laws are catastrophic.

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Torture Apologists Should Beware

Andrea Lyon | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, False Confessions, Osama Bin Laden Death, Torture, Osama Bin Laden, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Politics News

We don't need torture to get information. We need intelligence, perseverance and professionalism. We have that in our intelligence community, our soldiers and our commander in chief.

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Torture Did Not Lead the U.S. to Bin Laden

David Danzig | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Torture, Interrogation, Interrogators, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Law and Security, Joe Navarro, Torture and Accountability, Osama Bin Laden, Matthew Alexander, Politics News

Four leading former interrogators and intelligence officials argue today that, "The use of waterboarding and other so-called 'enhanced' interrogation...

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