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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other suspected terrorists who will be tried in Manhattan for their involvement in planning the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty, according to an attorney. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer representing suspect Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the attacks, but "would explain what happened and why they did it" and share "their assessment of American foreign policy," according to the Post. Unsurprisingly, "their assessment is negative," according to Fenstermaker.
While critics fear that the suspects will use the high-profile trial as a soapbox to publicize anti-American views, a spokesman for the Department of Justice told the Daily News: "We have full confidence in the ability of the courts and in particular the federal judge who may preside over the trial to ensure that the proceeding is conducted appropriately and with minimal disruption, as federal courts have done in the past."
Meanwhile, the Times looks into the legal proceedings against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani — a suspected Al Qaeda operative implicated in the attacks against America embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Legal experts told the paper it's “a perfect transition case” before the terror trials because it could outline strategies that could be used by the defense. For example, Ghailani's lawyers just filed a motion to throw out the case because they claim their client wasn't given a speedy trial as is constitutionally-mandated. The article also outlines some of the measures taken to protect classified information, including rules that require defense attorneys to visit a “secure area" to access classified documents, and a policy that only allows information on the case to go public after it has been reviewed by the government.
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Nice work Obama. Not that I ever had any doubt where your true sympathies lie on the issue of islamic terrorism.
Nice work, Ides of March. I always knew you were a terrorist sympathizer.
Non sequitor, ahoy!
You are a racist ignoramus of unparalleled proportions.
"Not Guilty by Reason of Really Wanting to Do It" is not a legitimate defense. You stupid bastards.
that's a great sweater he's wearing. where can i pick one up?
I've seen that exact shirt at American Apparel. Only $29 and comes in like 15 eye offending colors.
....and somewhere in a nightclub in Tel Aviv, Sivan Kurzberg is laughing it up and having a good time on the American taxpayers dime.
CONSPIRACY!
What's the point of blowing shit up, as a terrorist, if you don't claim responsibility for it? How are future terrorists supposed to get their message across if they bomb someplace and then say, "We didn't do it!"?
He's about as guilty as Lee Harvey Oswald.