Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Atty. Gen. Holder defends record, hints he may step down

2013-06-06 15:59:00

WASHINGTON — For years, embattled Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. has repeatedly vowed not to resign under pressure. But on Thursday he talked of "fatigue" and admitted he thought of a day when he would meet with the president at the White House to...

Atty. Gen. Holder defends record, hints at possible successor

2013-06-06 11:17:00

WASHINGON — Embattled Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. sharply defended his work as the Obama administration’s top federal law enforcement official but also conceded Thursday that he sees a day when he will meet with the president at the White...

Early terrorist in U.S. condemns today's jihad

2013-05-16 07:00:00

WASHINGTON — Long before Sept. 11, the war on terrorism and two pressure-cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon, a young Muslim from Egypt walked into the ballroom of a New York City hotel and shot to death an outspoken Jewish rabbi. El Sayyid A....

Erasing the stain of Guantanamo

2013-05-01 00:00:00

At his news conference Tuesday, President Obama made a powerful plea for ending the humanitarian and diplomatic disaster created by the continued detention of more than 160 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, more than 100 of whom are engaged in a hunger...

Pakistani man wanted in Daniel Pearl slaying arrested

2013-03-20 09:27:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A crackdown on Sunni Muslim�militants in Karachi has netted a man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and slaying of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Pakistani authorities say. Qari Abdul Hayee was arrested Sunday...

Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination

2013-03-07 11:21:00

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...

Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not guilty to terrorism charge in N.Y.

2013-03-08 08:43:00

NEW YORK -- Sulaiman abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and a spokesman for Al Qaeda, appeared in federal court in New York on Friday morning and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge that he conspired to kill Americans. Hands shackled...

Guantanamo witness testifies on courtroom eavesdropping allegations

2013-02-12 11:41:00

FT. MEADE, Md. -- Top officials at the terror detainee prison at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, began testifying in a pretrial hearing Tuesday about courtroom security and allegations that the CIA or other U.S. intelligence officials are...

Defense team in Sept. 11 case ask to observe Guantanamo conditions

2013-01-29 12:03:00

FT. MEADE, Md. -- Defense lawyers for five alleged Sept. 11 conspirators asked a judge Tuesday to allow them to spend 48 hours at a time, every six months, with their clients deep inside the heavily secured prison at the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay,...

Guantanamo defendant lashes out at tribunal

2013-01-28 15:37:00

FT. MEADE, Md. -- An alleged top Al Qaeda lieutenant charged with four other defendants in the Sept. 11 conspiracy angrily lashed out Monday against the military tribunal system, saying the process had zapped any desire for “us to come to court&...

Former CIA officer sentenced to 30 months in prison for info leak

2013-01-25 13:16:00

WASHINGTON – A former CIA officer was sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for disclosing classified information to journalists in a case that underscored the Obama administration’s harsh crackdown on national security leaks. John...

Judge further restricts release of information from Sept. 11 trial

2013-01-03 12:31:00

WASHINGTON — The military judge in charge of the trial for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others has ruled that lawyers cannot share even unclassified materials or discuss the information with the press or public, and he...

In this sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, lawyer David Nevin, right, civilian attorney for the self-proclaimed terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, speaks to Judge Army Col. James Pohl, center, during a recent pretrial hearing.

2013-02-13 10:37:07

Accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, seen in a courtroom sketch at his military commission hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

2013-01-03 12:31:00

This photo obtained March 1, 2003 shows alleged plotter of the September 11, 2001 attack Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

2012-05-07 00:00:00