Pentagon: Key 9/11 suspects face judges at Gitmo

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/12/gitmo.hearings/index.html

Pentagon: Key 9/11 suspects face judges at Gitmo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three suspected terrorists connected with the September 11, 2001, attacks have gone before judicial panels charged with determining whether they can be detained indefinitely, the Pentagon said Monday.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected 9/11 mastermind; Ramzi bin al-Shibh, another key 9/11 planner; and Abu Faraz al-Libby, a top al Qaeda planner, separately appeared before three-judge panels last week, Pentagon official said.

Called combatant status review tribunals, the hearings determine whether detainees should be classified as enemy combatants, who can be held indefinitely and are eligible for military trials.

The men are part of a group of 14 detainees who were once held in secret CIA prisons before President Bush ordered their transfers to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in September.

[Stephanie]

1. Why don't NY courts have jurisdiction over them?

They should be charged here, shouldn't they?

[coalition_unwilling]

2. Can you say "Kangaroo Court"? n/t

[Old and In the Way]

3. Too bad we will never hear their testimony in open court.

One of the most horrific events on American soil and we'll be shut out of hearing the testimony from the alleged masterminds. Something is really wrong with this travesty of justice. WHat is this administration hiding by keeping these trials a secret?

[BayCityProgressive]

4. I read the title

and got excited..I thought they flew Bush and Cheney to Gitmo.

[daleo]

5. It reminds me of a Star Chamber

Secret tribunals,etc.