9/11 mastermind to be charged Tuesday at Guantanamo

The Pentagon will announce Tuesday that charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are being refiled to allow prosecution before a military tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base, a defense official confirmed.

In a major about-face, the Obama administration has said that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather than a civilian court in New York.Announcing the U-turn, Attorney General Eric Holder insisted the accused plotters accused of the September 11, 2001 attacks could have been successfully prosecuted in a federal court, but blamed Congress for imposing measures blocking the trials of Guantanamo inmates in the United States.

WASHINGTON — The State Department has reassigned its special envoy for closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in another step away from one of President Barack Obama’s first campaign promises. Ambassador Daniel Fried is starting this week as the department’s sanctions coordinator, according to an internal notice, focusing on governments like Iran and Syria.

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Someone else besides the judge and security officer sitting inside the maximum-security court here can impose censorship on what the public can see and hear at the Sept. 11 trial, it was disclosed Monday The role of an outside censor became clear when the audio turned to white noise during a discussion of a motion about the CIA's black sites.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and four others will be sent for prosecution in a criminal court in New York from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

NEW DELHI — A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India’s capital, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for five other men arrested with him, police said Tuesday. The six will be formally charged in court on Thursday on accusations that they kidnapped, gang raped and murdered the 23-year-old woman in New Delhi on Dec. 16, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.

The United States has decided to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rather than in the United States, a US official said Monday.The move represents a major about-face for President Barack Obama's administration, which had initially planned to try the Kuwaiti-born Pakistani in a civilian court in New York, triggering public protests.

Five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried in a civilian court in New York, The Washington Post reported Friday.President Barack Obama had pledged to inform a Guantanamo military judge by Monday whether to try the men before US federal courts or military tribunals -- a decision central to his plans to close the controversial facility.