{"id":7665,"date":"2025-01-03T19:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/plea-hearing-in-sept-11-case-postponed-to-jan-10\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T19:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:03:59","slug":"plea-hearing-in-sept-11-case-postponed-to-jan-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo5.dedicatedhost247.com\/zexo\/plea-hearing-in-sept-11-case-postponed-to-jan-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Plea Hearing in Sept. 11 Case Postponed to Jan. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A military judge has delayed proceedings in the Sept. 11 case until late next week, giving government lawyers time to decide whether to try again to upset a plea deal that permits three men accused of plotting the attacks to serve life in prison rather than face a possible death-penalty trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Col. Matthew N. McCall, the judge, said Friday that he and other court officials would travel to Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday, but postponed the plea-taking proceedings at the war court there until Jan. 10. He cited three reasons, according to lawyers who have seen the order:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A snowstorm coming to the Washington area that could complicate communications between a courtroom annex in Virginia and the courtroom itself; the federal holiday on Jan. 9 for Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral; and time required to meet with prosecution and defense lawyers to discuss the mechanics of a question-and-answer session between the judge and the accused plotters of the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The plea hearing, originally scheduled for Jan. 6, is for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the mastermind of the hijacking attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hearings will follow in the next week for two other defendants: Walid bin Attash, an accused deputy in the plot, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, who is accused of helping some of the hijackers with finances and travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors had sought a delay until after Jan. 27 to consult with the Justice Department on whether to seek to halt the proceedings at the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review. The deal was reached in July after more than two years of negotiations, and signed by the senior Pentagon official overseeing the military commissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III tried to withdraw the government from the pleas two days later, but both the judge and a military appeals panel ruled separately that the contract was valid, clearing the way for this month\u2019s open court examination of Mr. Mohammed and the other defendants on whether they voluntarily understood and entered into the agreements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A military judge has delayed proceedings in the Sept. 11 case until late next week, giving government lawyers time to decide whether to try again to upset a plea deal that permits three men accused of plotting the attacks to serve life in prison rather than face a possible death-penalty trial. Col. 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