9/11 charges to be challenged

Military lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and four alleged co-conspirators are seeking to have the charges dismissed, it has emerged.

9/11 charges to be challenged
Mon, 19 May, 2008 - 09:59

Military lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, and four alleged co-conspirators are seeking to have the charges dismissed, it has emerged.

A motion filed last week before a US war-crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, argues that the charges have been tainted by unlawful influence from a Pentagon official.

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