US Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) would appeal a judge's order to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of involvement in the 9/11 World Trade Center...
Search Results for: mohammed atta
Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al Bahlul
The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that three charges have been referred against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul for his alleged ties to al Qaeda. Al Bahlul [DOD...
Chief Guantanamo interrogator says most info not forced from detainees
Paul Rester, chief military interrogator at Guantanamo Bay and director of the Joint Intelligence Group, said in an interview with AP published Saturday that most of the intelligence obtained from detainees at the prison has come...
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been charged with war crimes. Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul , alleged to be Osama bin Laden's...
Spain high court overturns 9/11 conspiracy verdict, upholds al Qaeda conviction
The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursday overturned the Sept. 11 conspiracy conviction of Syrian-born Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas , but upheld his conviction as the leader of an al Qaeda cell in Spain....
The Spanish Supreme Court has overturned the convictions of three men found guilty last year of collaborating with or belonging to al Qaeda in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks [JURIST news...
UPDATE ~ Specter says Pentagon obstructing "Able Danger" inquiry
US Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter said Wednesday that the US Defense Department was blocking an investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee into a highly-classified Army intelligence program that allegedly identified four of the...
Pentagon blocks Able Danger testimony to Judiciary Committee
The US Defense Department said Tuesday that it has banned military officers and intelligence analysts from testifying on "Able Danger" , the highly classified US Army intelligence program alleged to have identified Mohammed Atta...
DOD worker told to destroy Atta documents will talk to Judiciary Committee
US Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) said Thursday that an unnamed Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohammed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 9/11 attacks , and was...
US Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has asked the FBI for "all information and documents it has" pertaining to "Able Danger" , the US Army intelligence program alleged to have identified Mohammed Atta ...