Font Size

U.S. & World

E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Lawyers: U.S. Rushing Trial Of 9/11 Defendants

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

Recipient E-mail:*
- Your Name:*
- Your E-mail:*
Add a Message:
Send me a copy of this e-mail.

Type the characters in this picture:*

Click here to refresh with new letters

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

Print Share + Comments

May 29, 2008 8:03 am US/Pacific

Lawyers: U.S. Rushing Trial Of 9/11 Defendants

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Defense lawyers say the government is rushing 9/11 defendants to trial at Guantanamo to influence the U.S. presidential elections, and are asking the military judge to dismiss the case.

Close

numSlides of totalImages

Defense lawyers say the government is rushing 9/11 defendants to trial at Guantanamo to influence the U.S. presidential elections, and are asking the military judge to dismiss the case.

Military lawyers for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants say the prosecution is politically motivated.

A copy of their filing with the war-crimes tribunal was obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday.

The defense notes that the prosecution proposes the trial begin on Sept. 15, less than two months before the presidential elections.

The lawyers have said the military is pressuring prosecutors to try the Sept. 11 defendants soon to capture the attention of the American public.