Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, suspects accused of attacking the U.S. on September 11, 2001, entered into pretrial agreements as of Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Convening Authority for Military Commissions Susan Escallier entered into the agreements with the accused, said the department. Specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements were not available to the public.
“On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others in the worst attack against the homeland in our nation’s history,” said the U.S. State Department of the attacks.
Those who entered into pretrial agreements today were accused alongside Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Ramzi Bin al Shibh. They were initially charged jointly and arraigned on June 5, 2008, and then were again charged jointly and arraigned a second time on May 5, 2012.
In May, the Department of Defense announced that pretrial proceedings in the case of United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarek Bin ‘Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi would be held from July 15 to Aug. 9.
“The proceedings will be conducted at the Expeditionary Legal Complex located in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) Cuba and transmitted to a closed-circuit television site at Ft. Meade, Md.,” it said.
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