Sept. 11 Case Slowed by Faded Memories and Lost Witnesses
The military court at Guantánamo faces a new challenge as key witnesses die, become too sick to travel or no longer remember details.
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The military court at Guantánamo faces a new challenge as key witnesses die, become too sick to travel or no longer remember details.
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — A defense lawyer asked a military judge Monday to dismiss the Sept. 11 conspiracy charges against a Saudi prisoner who was tortured in CIA custody, describing the secret overseas prison network where the man was held as part of a “vast criminal international enterprise” that trafficked in torture.
A psychologist working for the C.I.A. had threatened while interrogating Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to kill one of his preteen sons. But they were never in U.S. custody.
Abu Zubaydah was the first prisoner waterboarded by the C.I.A. He has never faced charges at Guantánamo Bay.
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