Guantanamo Prisoner Requests to Represent Himself

The pre-trial hearing of an accused plotter of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. has been postponed until Tuesday so that lawyers can consider Walid bin Attash's request to represent himself during his trial. Attash is among five people at the hearing accused of plotting the September 11th attacks. Military prosecutors say bin Attash served as a bodyguard to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his Abbottobad, Pakistan,...

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