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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Victims’ Families View Pretrial Hearings Of Self-Professed 9/11 Mastermind, Plotters

Military installations in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland are welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week to watch pretrial hearings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist attacks.

2012/10/15

Victims’ Families Invited To Watch 9/11 Mastermind, Plotters Pretrial Hearings

The hearings set to begin Monday are closed to the public, but victims’ families were invited to watch the proceedings via closed-circuit television.

2012/10/14

Courtroom drawing shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C) and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash (L) attending a pre-trial session in 2008 in Guantanamo Bay. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/ Janet Hamlin)

As Alleged 9/11 Plotters Face Judge, Those Who Lost Loved Ones Feel Bevy Of Emotions

Retired Deputy Fire Chief Jim Riches, who lost his son on 9/11, is spending the day watching the proceedings via closed circuit at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn along with about three-dozen other families.

2012/05/05

Accused 9/11 Plotters, Mastermind, Return To Military Tribunal At Gitmo

“These are the guys that murdered my son, I want them to get justice,” FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches said. “For me, the proper punishment for them would be the death penalty and I hope that’s what they get.”

2012/05/04

Rep. King: Waterboarded Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Gave Up Bin Laden’s Courier

In January 2009, President Barack Obama banned the use of waterboarding, but that controversial torture technique is now being credited with leading to the death of Osama bin Laden.

2011/05/03

The Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn, NY (file / credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Terrorists Plotted Against Brooklyn Bridge Before 9/11

Files from Guantanamo Bay reveal terrorists were taught bridge destruction methods and that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told an underling to cut the cables on the Brooklyn Bridge.

2011/04/27

9/11 Mastermind Mohammed To Face Military Tribunal At GITMO

The location of Mohammed’s trial has been the subject of intense debate. Many wanted him tried in lower Manhattan, others expressed concern about costs and security of holding such a high-profile terror trial here.

2011/04/04

Sen. Graham Doubts Civilian Trials For 9/11 Suspects

The Justice Department probably will never receive congressional approval to put the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators on trial in a civilian court, a key senator on the issue of terrorism trials said Sunday.

2010/11/28

Andrew Cuomo (Mario Tama/Getty Images); Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (AP Photo)

Cuomo Opposes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial In NY

Cuomo told reporters Friday he would “advocate forcefully” to keep the Sept. 11 terror trial out of New York state altogether.

2010/11/12

Gov.-Elect Cuomo Opposes 9/11 Trial In New York

Cuomo addressed the matter in a radio interview Thursday, a day after Attorney General Eric Holder said the Obama administration was close to deciding where to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed.

2010/11/11

Attorney General Says 9/11 Trial Decision Is Near

The attorney general suggested since last spring that a decision was near, telling a House subcommittee in March that he thought the administration was just weeks away from making a determination.

2010/11/11

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