Lawyer meets suspected 9/11 mastermind

A defence attorney met with suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the first time at Guantanamo Bay, but the Pentagon-appointed lawyer said he could not reveal details because of “unnecessarily broad” military restrictions.

The Navy lawyer, Captain Prescott Prince, said he used the two-and-a-half-hour meeting on Thursday to explain Mohammed’s rights in his upcoming death-penalty trial, but he still does not know whether his client will accept his help.