Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Memorial for Daniel Pearl

A colleague and friend works to finish slain journalist Daniel Pearl’s story

Conflict & Justice

Twelve years ago this week, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl drove off for an interview in Karachi, Pakistan, and never came back. Now, a colleague thinks she has identified his murderer.

Artist draws America’s most wanted at Gitmo

Global Politics

Osama bin Laden’s relative faces trial in U.S. despite criticism

Conflict & Justice

Chaos, controversy mark latest military commission hearings in Guantanamo

Global Politics

Guantanamo pre-trial hearings begin for alleged masterminds of 9/11 attacks

Conflict & Justice

Despite differences, Guantanamo prison out-of-sight, if not mind, in presidential election

Global Politics

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have divergent views on Guantanamo Bay — at least based on statements made years ago. In the current election cycles, neither man has really talked about the future he sees for the prison. But whoever is elected will be faced with precedent-setting cases in short order.

The World

Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s Secret Vacuum Cleaner Design

Conflict & Justice

This week we learned something we didn’t know about Khalid Sheik Mohammed. When he was first held a decade ago in secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, his handlers allowed him to design a vacuum cleaner.

The 9/11 Trial: Dispute Over Monitoring Defendants Continues

The revelation two weeks ago that an external monitor was remotely censoring the courtroom feed at the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other defendants continues to reverberate here at Guantanamo. […]

More Glitches at Trial of September 11th Suspects at Guantanamo

Conflict & Justice

The special tribunal in Guantanamo trying five suspects in the 9/11 attacks resumed Tuesday. It was suspended Monday over defense attorneys complaints about possible infractions of client confidentiality.

Guantanamo Judge Orders End to Government Censors in His Courtroom

The much-anticipated trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed became a spectacle again this week when the U.S. government censors invisibly stepped in on the military tribunal hearings in Judge James L. Pohl’s court.   Arguably the biggest moment of the week came from the bench when the judge made a fervent proclamation as he was presiding over […]