humble3d Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Guantanamo hearing abruptly recessed Guantanamo hearing abruptly recessed over supposed presence of CIA black site worker GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba. - The 9/11 trial judge abruptly recessed the first hearing in the case since August on Monday after some of the alleged Sept. 11 plotters said they recognized at least one person at the war court from a secret CIA black site. Alleged plot deputy Ramzi bin al Shibh, 42, made the revelation just moments into the hearing by informing the judge he had a problem with his courtroom translator: The interpreter, he claimed, worked for the CIA at one of the agency's secret prisons where the Yemeni was held from 2002 through 2006. This week's is the first hearing for the five men accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks - that killed nearly 3,00 people in New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania - since the public release of portions of a sweeping Senate Intelligence Committee study of the agency's secret prisons known as "The Torture Report." The report describes graphic details that the U.S. government had hidden from view in these pretrial hearings - sexual humiliation, waterboarding and rectal rehydration. The sickliest looking of the accused conspirators, Mustafa al Hawsawi, 46, once again sat on a pillow at court. It also says that the spy agency maintained two secret prisons at Guantanamo from in 2003 and 2004 and that Bin al Shibh was held in one. Attorney Cheryl Bormann for another alleged plotter, Walid bin Attash, 36, told the judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, that her client had similarly just told her that someone in the maximum-security war court was linked to her client's "illegal torture." A third defense lawyer, it was not immediately clear for whom, added that he had made a similar discovery. Bin al Shibh's attorney Jim Harrington asked for a brief recess to consult with his client, who was sitting alongside a stony-faced man serving as a team interpreter. Pohl agreed, and called a recess even before the names of all those present were entered into the court record. The five men, led by alleged mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, are accused of helping to orchestrate, train, and arrange travel for the 19 men who hijacked four U.S. aircraft Sept. 11. The CIA held and interrogated them for three to four years in secret overseas prisons before they were brought to Guantanamo in September 2006. Even once here, they continued to be in CIA custody, according to the Senate Report. Attorney Jay Connell for accused plotter Ammar al Baluchi said Sunday it's unclear when the agency relinquished control of the men, who are held in a secret prison called Camp 7. The Sept. 11 prosecution has not yet completed a review of the intelligence agencies' classification guide to update the record with the Senate report's revelations, meaning some aspects of it may still be censored at the war court. A court security officer, who sits to the right of the judge, has the ability to mute sound from the courtroom to the public. He did not, however, hit it once during Monday morning's brief session that mentioned the CIA and torture. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/guantanamo-hearing-abruptly-recessed-over-supposed-presence-of-cia-black-site-worker/ar-AA9aoZ5?ocid=mailsignout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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