Self-professed 9/11 planner to stand civilian trial
The man who calls himself the ‘mastermind’ of the 9/11 terror attacks is heading to trial in U.S. federal court. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his alleged co-conspirators will be moved from Guant-namo Bay to face trial in lower Manhattan ? just blocks away from the World Trade Center site. We speak to Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick about some of the challenges involved in such a trial. We also hear from attorney Jonathan Hafetz, co-editor of “The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law.” Hafetz represents Mohamedou Slahi, a Guant-namo detainee who may also be headed to the same civilan court.
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