Charges Against Guantanamo Detainees
General Thomas Hartmann, the legal adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, announced… read more
General Thomas Hartmann, the legal adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, announced that military prosecutors would file charges today seeking the death penalty against six detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including former al-Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, for alleged co-conspiracy in plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks. These are the first charges from the Guantanamo war court alleging direct involvement in the attacks and the first involving the death penalty. General Hartmann responded to reporters' questions. close
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