USS Cole Bombing Prosecution Resumes With Focus On Hidden Microphones

Law Dragon ^ | September 22, 2021 | John Ryan

[PghBaldy]

Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba – Defense attorneys for the detainee accused of planning the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole have resumed efforts to get more information about the microphones discovered in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility room where they met with their client for more than three years. The government has claimed that the devices, first found by the defense team in mid-2017, were “legacy” microphones no longer in use.

This hearing – the first in the case since January 2020 – is dedicated to witness testimony related to the former attorney-client meeting space. Lawyers for Abd al Rahim al Nashiri plan to call 25 witnesses for the evidentiary hearing, while the government has listed more than 60. The hearing is scheduled to last two weeks.

All of the testimony is expected to take place in classified sessions that are closed to the public, including the media. They are also closed to al Nashiri, who faces a possible death sentence for his alleged role in the attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors off the coast of Yemen. Defendants in military commissions cannot attend classified sessions for which participants need the highest security clearances.

[PghBaldy]

Just saw this today, which is the 21st anniversary of the USS Cole bombing. I saw another source, but it was the NY Times and I use up my free reads there ;)

[Chode]

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