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 Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo detainee who may also be headed to the same civilan court.
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I found this Glenn Greenwald comment helpful:
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Also, 18 USC sections 2221, etc in the section defining, terrorism, does not classify it as a war crime.
The statute separates both sabotage & terrorism as separate crimes. It acknowledges that both types of crimes can occur during war/peace or anything in-between.
Findlaw also has notes, etc. - but as a non-lawyer the district court criminal calendar seems quite appropriate.
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