Alleged 9/11 Planner Faces Gitmo Hearing

Alleged 9/11 Planner Faces Gitmo Hearing

By ANDREW SELSKY

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Sep 20, 2006 (AP)— Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, and other alleged
terrorists linked to major attacks against the U.S. are expected to face
hearings at the Guantanamo prison camp within three months, a military
official said Wednesday.

Fourteen "high-value" detainees including the alleged plotter of the USS Cole
bombing and the alleged coordinator of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies
in Kenya and Tanzania will be invited to appear at hearings, held to determine
whether they're enemy combatants, said Navy Capt. Phil Waddingham, director
of the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy
Combatants.

If Mohammed appears, it would mark the first time he has been seen since he was
captured more than three years ago in Pakistan. Detainees can refuse to appear
but the tribunals held in small rooms inside a prefab building here will be held
regardless, Waddingham told reporters.

Mohammed and the 13 other top alleged terrorists were recently transferred
from CIA custody to this isolated U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba.

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