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9/11 Suspects Seek Preservation of CIA Prisons

HeadlineJan 28, 2013

Attorneys for five Guantánamo Bay detainees accused in the 9/11 attacks have asked a military judge to order the preservation of the overseas CIA prisons where they were tortured. Lawyers for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of training the hijackers of the three planes are also asking for the judge to order the disclosure of documents authorizing their detention at secret prisons without trial. A pretrial hearing in the case continues this week.

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