USA: Guantánamo 9/11 military hearing halted after defendant claims court interpreter worked at CIA black site

Headline Title: USA: Guantánamo 9/11 military hearing halted amid CIA black site claims 09 February 2015 Today’s abrupt halt of the US military court hearing of five alleged plotters of the 11 September 2001 attacks is just the latest in a string of serious incidents that have marked the inherently unfair military commission process at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International said. Minutes after the hearing began, the military judge called a recess after one of the defendants, Yemeni national Ramzi bin al-Shibh, told the court he had previously seen a court-appointed…

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