US military judge denies Hamdan lawyers access to top terror suspects

A US military judge Wednesday denied a request by lawyers for Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan to meet with top terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, citing security concerns. Lawyers had hoped that the suspects, including alleged Sept. 11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would be allowed to testify that Hamdan was not a devoted member of al-Qaeda and should not be tried as an enemy combatant under the US military tribunal system. A pretrial hearing for Hamdan was scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

US military judge denies Hamdan lawyers access to top terror suspects jurist.law.pitt.edu Thu, Dec 6, 2007