<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Khalid Shaikh Mohammed: News &amp; Videos about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Khalid_Shaikh_Mohammed</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Khalid Shaikh Mohammed: News &amp; Videos about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Khalid_Shaikh_Mohammed</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Official in charge of closing Gitmo quits</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/25/guantanamo.official.resign/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/25/guantanamo.official.resign/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The official in charge of closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center has resigned, the Pentagon said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyer: 9/11 suspect to plead not guilty, argue attacks justified</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/23/terror.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/23/terror.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least one -- and possibly all five -- of the detainees with alleged ties to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will plead not guilty in a "justification defense," arguing the attacks were responses to American foreign policy, according to a lawyer who met with one of the defendants.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Holder defends decision to try accused 9/11 terrorists in New York</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/holder.new.york.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/holder.new.york.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision Wednesday to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court. Faced with bitter criticism from Republican senators at a contentious hearing, he insisted his decision reflects his conviction that a civilian trial represents the best chance for a successful outcome.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama: 'We've restored America's standing'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/obama.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/obama.henry/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 family members welcome, criticize civilian trials</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/11/13/911families.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/11/13/911families.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Some family members of 9/11 victims welcomed the announcement that five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the attacks will be tried in a New York civilian court, while others blasted the decision.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Politicians rip decision on terrorism trials</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/13/mohammed.critics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/13/mohammed.critics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Several members of Congress ripped Attorney General Eric Holder's decision Friday to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: 9/11 trial the 'biggest challenge' ever for federal courts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/13/toobin.september11.mohammed.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/13/toobin.september11.mohammed.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Accused 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed faces New York trial</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/khalid.sheikh.mohammed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/13/khalid.sheikh.mohammed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former 'enemy combatant' sentenced in Illinois</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/29/al.marri.sentenced/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/29/al.marri.sentenced/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former "enemy combatant" who was held in a South Carolina Naval brig for six years with no charges was sentenced Thursday to eight years and four months in prison, a Justice Department spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Cheney wrong on interrogations</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/bergen.cheney/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/bergen.cheney/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney said in an interview Friday that just-released CIA documents demonstrate the effectiveness of coercive interrogation techniques.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Dick Cheney's claims reopen 'waterboarding' debate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/30/analysis.interrogations.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/30/analysis.interrogations.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday said his claim that enhanced interrogation techniques -- including waterboarding -- produced critical post-9/11 information was supported by a pair of intelligence reports released last week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sept. 11 families: Keep Guantanamo Bay open</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/gitmo.families/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/gitmo.families/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Families of September 11 victims visiting Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday urged the Obama administration to drop plans to close the facility and to restart terror trials there.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge rules U.S. can hold some suspected terrorists indefinitely</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/gitmo.detainees.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/gitmo.detainees.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The president retains the power to hold indefinitely and without charges some accused terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military detention camp, a federal judge has ruled.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 23:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former 'enemy combatant' pleads guilty</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/30/terrorism.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/30/terrorism.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ali al-Marri, once the only designated "enemy combatant" on U.S. soil, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, the Justice Department said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 01:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate report: Rice, Cheney OK'd CIA use of waterboarding</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/cheney.rice.waterboarding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/cheney.rice.waterboarding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Top Bush administration officials gave the CIA approval to use waterboarding, a controversial interrogation technique, as early as 2002, a Senate intelligence report shows.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memo: Two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/cia.waterboarding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/cia.waterboarding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>CIA interrogators used waterboarding at least 266 times on two top al Qaeda suspects, according to a Bush-era Justice Department memo released by the Obama administration.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo prisoners defend 'blessed' 9/11 attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/10/gitmo.terror.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/10/gitmo.terror.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S. staunchly defended their actions, calling the operation "blessed" and "great" and the accusations against them "badges of honor."</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Accused enemy combatant moved from military custody</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/court.combatant/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/court.combatant/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Accused enemy combatant Ali al-Marri was served with an arrest warrant Tuesday and transferred out of U.S. military custody for the first time since 2003, according to the U.S. Justice Department.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hearings under way for alleged 9/11 terrorists</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/gitmo.hearings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/gitmo.hearings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hearings were under way Monday for five detainees accused of crimes related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and a Canadian charged with killing a U.S. soldier.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Defense chief asks for plans to close Guantanamo camp</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/19/close.gitmo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/12/19/close.gitmo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked Pentagon staff to draw up plans for shutting the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney on Iraq: 'We made the right decision'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/16/cheney.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/16/cheney.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In his first TV interview since the presidential election, Vice President Dick Cheney once again staunchly defended the Bush administration's record in the war on terror and, more specifically, the decision to go to war in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Guantanamo detainees withdraw offer to confess</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/09/guantanamo.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/09/guantanamo.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three of five Guantanamo Bay detainees who said they wanted to confess to charges relating to the September 11 terrorist attacks rescinded the offer after a judge required two to undergo competency hearings, according to a military spokesman.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon: 9/11 conspirators want to confess</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/guantanamo.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/guantanamo.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they want to confess to conspiracy charges for planning the September 11, 2001, attacks, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney defends 'alternative' interrogation techniques</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/27/cheney.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/27/cheney.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration's record on prisoner interrogations, telling a veterans' group that its use of "alternative"  techniques against suspects was legal and proper.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Karadzic Wants No Lawyer
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827424,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Bosnian Serb accused war criminal is following a long-standing tradition by planning to defend himself 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Previously secret torture memo released</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/24/cia.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/24/cia.torture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Bush administration told the CIA in 2002 that its interrogators working abroad would not violate U.S. prohibitions against torture unless they "have the specific intent to inflict severe pain or suffering," according to a previously secret Justice Department memo released Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge Limits Hamdan Prosecution</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1825766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1825766,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Gitmo judge's dismissal of evidence against bin Laden's driver could bode ill for cases against others tied to 9/11
</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 detainees face separate hearings on intimidation claims</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/01/911.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/01/911.defendants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A military judge will hold separate hearings for five men accused in the September 11 terrorist attacks to determine if they were intimidated into asking to represent themselves.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court limits defendant's right to act as own lawyer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/scotus.self/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/scotus.self/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state has the right to prevent a possibly schizophrenic defendant from serving as his own lawyer in a criminal court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo Trials: The Political Agenda</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812705,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Administration and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may both be seeking to speed his trial -- but for very different reasons</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 suspects decline representation</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/05/guantanamo.arraignments/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/05/guantanamo.arraignments/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed used his first day in court to intimidate his co-defendants into refusing their right to counsel, a lawyer involved in the proceedings said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged 9/11 Plotter Holds Court</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812114,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812114,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed denounced the US and welcomed execution amid arraignment at Gitmo by a US military tribunal 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 Mastermind Wants Death Sentence</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811969,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811969,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Thursday that he would welcome the death
penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Justice on Trial at Gitmo 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811683,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811683,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As key alleged 9/11 conspirators like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed face arraignment this week, questions over the legal proceedings could take center stage</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorneys: Terrorism trials rushed to influence election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/guantanamo.commission/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/29/guantanamo.commission/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Defense lawyers for five suspected al Qaeda members asked a military appeals court Thursday to delay their clients' arraignments because several of the attorneys have not received security clearances that would allow them to participate in the hearing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge approves charges against accused 9/11 mastermind</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/13/detainee.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/13/detainee.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A military judge approved charges against five accused September 11 plotters, including the alleged mastermind, but rejected charges against a man suspected of planning to be the "20th hijacker."</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo judge bars Pentagon official from trial </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/12/guantanamo.adviser/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/12/guantanamo.adviser/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A military judge's ruling that a Pentagon lawyer improperly pressured prosecutors could hurt efforts to try top al Qaeda suspects held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a defense lawyer said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo's Courtroom Wrangling Begins</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A military court this week will hear key pre-trial motions, as the legal proceedings begin in the terrorism cases. A look at what could come next</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyer fears 9/11 mastermind trial will be 'insanity' </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/23/ksm.attorney/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/23/ksm.attorney/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Prescott Prince is a small-town lawyer who has never taken a death penalty case to trial. Yet he finds himself involved in one of the biggest capital punishment cases this century: He's defending the alleged mastermind of the September 11 terror attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. attorney general visits Guantanamo Bay</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/27/mukasey.gitmo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/27/mukasey.gitmo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey arrived Wednesday for his first look at the controversial military prison complex at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney: 9/11 death penalty trial could create 'nightmare scenario'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.trial.criticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.trial.criticism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The trials planned for six suspects in the 9/11 attacks -- in which the government proposes to seek the death penalty -- could be unfair and could leave Khalid Shaikh Mohammed looking like a martyr to his supporters, a former U.S. Navy attorney said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to seek death penalty for 6 Gitmo detainees</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/911.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States will seek the death penalty against six Guantanamo Bay detainees who are suspects in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, an Air Force general said Monday. </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Execution Sought for 9/11 Suspects</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1711844,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1711844,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Pentagon is planning to charge six detainees at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America and seek the death penalty</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Charges of Gitmo Torture</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1710491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1710491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Senate committee will hear allegations that a young U.S. resident was tortured and videotaped </description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Indictment: Canadian planned attacks in U.S.</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/17/alqaeda.guilty.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/17/alqaeda.guilty.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Canadian who has pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to kill Americans and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S. property will be sentenced Friday, his lawyer said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-CIA agent: Waterboarding 'saved lives'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/11/agent.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/11/agent.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former CIA agent who participated in interrogations of terror suspects said Tuesday that the controversial interrogation technique of "waterboarding" has saved lives, but he considers the method torture and now opposes its use. </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll results: Waterboarding is torture</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/06/waterboard.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/06/waterboard.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A majority of Americans consider waterboarding a form of torture, but some of those say it's OK for the U.S. government to use the technique, according to a poll released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged 9/11 mastermind, 13 others closer to U.S. military trial </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/enemy.combatants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/enemy.combatants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fourteen suspected terrorists listed as "high-value detainees" at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been designated as enemy combatants, placing them in line to be charged and put on trial by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearl's Widow Sues Terrorists, Bank</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644970,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1644970,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The widow of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl hopes to elicit more information about her husband's death by suing those she blames</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush uses bin Laden to defend Iraq war policy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/23/bush.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/23/bush.iraq/index.html</guid><description>President Bush used declassified intelligence about Osama bin Laden Wednesday to defend his Iraq war policy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Terror trial all about talk, not action</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/14/padilla.coffey/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/14/padilla.coffey/index.html</guid><description>As Jose Padilla finally goes on trial, this controversial case may write one of the defining chapters in America's legal war against terrorism.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses 9/11 role</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/10/hello.world/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/10/hello.world/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>xyKhalid Sheikh Mohammed has admitted responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and a catalog of other terrorist acts, according to an edited transcript of a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. </description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court rejects appeal by Gitmo prisoners</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/02/scotus.detainees/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/02/scotus.detainees/index.html</guid><description>In a victory for President Bush, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by suspected terrorists challenging their imprisonment at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cole bombing suspect says he confessed under torture</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/30/gitmo.torture/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/30/gitmo.torture/index.html</guid><description>A suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen said he was tortured into admitting responsibility for that attack and others, according to a hearing transcript the Pentagon released Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed:  I beheaded American reporter</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html</guid><description>Admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a U.S. military tribunal he personally beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, the Pentagon revealed Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses 9/11 role</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/14/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/14/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html</guid><description>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon: Key 9/11 suspects face judges at Gitmo</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/12/gitmo.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/12/gitmo.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Three suspected terrorists connected with the September 11, 2001, attacks have gone before judicial panels charged with determining whether they can be detained indefinitely, the Pentagon said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda No. 2: Bush a liar, 'spiller of Muslim blood'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/29/zawahiri.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/29/zawahiri.tape/index.html</guid><description>Calling President Bush "the murderer and spiller of Muslim blood," al Qaeda's top deputy released a videotape Friday accusing the U.S. president of being a "deceitful charlatan" who has lied to the American people.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senators, White House on collision course over tribunals</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/13/congress.tribunals/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/13/congress.tribunals/index.html</guid><description>A Senate committee will move forward with a bill that would authorize military tribunals to try suspected terrorists without many of the provisions the Bush administration wants, its chairman said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>14 terror suspects profiled</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/06/terrorr.detainees/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/06/terrorr.detainees/index.html</guid><description>Fourteen al Qaeda prisoners in CIA custody have been transferred to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial before a military tribunal, President Bush said in a speech Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'We're fighting for our way of life'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/06/bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/06/bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>President Bush on Wednesday for the first time acknowledged the use of secret CIA prisons outside U.S. borders to hold top suspects captured in the war on terrorism. Bush also announced that he wants 14 detainees, including the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to stand before a military tribunal.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moussaoui moves to withdraw guilty plea</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/08/moussaoui.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/08/moussaoui.ap/index.html</guid><description>Convicted September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says he lied on the witness stand about being involved in the terrorist plot and wants to withdraw his guilty plea and go to trial. The judge turned him down.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 20:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysts: Why 9/11 planners won't face trial</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/04/otsc.bergen.toobin/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/04/otsc.bergen.toobin/index.html</guid><description>With Zacarais Moussaoui headed for lifetime confinement at a federal prison for a minor role in the 9/11 attacks, the question arises of what will happen to the alleged planners who are in U.S. custody.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 13:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda witnesses saw Moussaoui as a bumbler</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/28/moussaoui/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/28/moussaoui/index.html</guid><description>Al Qaeda witnesses portrayed Zacarias Moussaoui as a liar and a bumbler Tuesday, as his defense team tried to refute Moussaoui's own damaging testimony.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moussaoui dreamed of flying plane into White House</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/08/moussaoui.trial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/08/moussaoui.trial/index.html</guid><description>A man accused of plotting suicide attacks on American targets in Singapore and the Philippines testified Wednesday that Zacarias Moussaoui dreamed about flying a plane into the White House.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>White House lists 10 foiled attacks </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/whitehouse.plots/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/whitehouse.plots/index.html</guid><description>President Bush said Thursday that the U.S.-led global war on terror had "weakened" al Qaeda and cited as proof international efforts that he said had thwarted a terrorist plot to attack Los Angeles.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush details foiled 2002 al Qaeda attack on L.A. </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.html</guid><description>Shortly after 9/11, al Qaeda began planning to use shoe bombers to hijack a commercial airplane and fly it into the tallest building in Los Angeles, California, President Bush said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 suspect gets 7 years jail</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/19/germany.sentence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/19/germany.sentence/index.html</guid><description>A German court has convicted a Moroccan man for belonging to a terrorist group, but acquitted him on charges of accessory to murder in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moussaoui pleads guilty to terror charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/moussaoui/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/22/moussaoui/index.html</guid><description>Trying to distance himself from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and a potential death sentence, Zacarias Moussaoui described in a Virginia courtroom Friday how he sought to crash a jetliner into the White House.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court rejects Moussaoui case</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/21/scotus.moussaoui/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/21/scotus.moussaoui/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court Monday rejected the appeal of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person publicly charged in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 suspect 'unaware of plot'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/25/germany.trial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/25/germany.trial/index.html</guid><description>A key al Qaeda suspect in U.S. custody has said a Moroccan man on trial in Germany had no knowledge of the September 11 attack plot, according to an interrogation summary.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>White House dismisses report it urged easing of torture limits</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/13/white.house.detainees/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/13/white.house.detainees/index.html</guid><description>The White House dismissed as a "non-story" a report in The New York Times on Thursday that said the Bush administration tried to weaken restrictions governing "extreme interrogation" techniques.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does al Qaeda still have a hierarchy?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/alqaeda.hierarchy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/alqaeda.hierarchy/index.html</guid><description>Since Osama bin Laden praised the terrorists who stormed the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week during his audio message, does that mean he ordered the attack?</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Concept Mapping</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186669/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186669/index.htm</guid><description>As corporations become inundated with digital information from contracts, resumes, call centers, and webpages, yesterday's search technologies are increasingly inadequate. In 2004, companies are ex...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 panel describes how attackers got money</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/22/911.commission/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/22/911.commission/index.html</guid><description>The 9/11 commission has released new details about how 19 hijackers and suspected conspirators in the attacks of September 11, 2001, were financed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: No testimony at 9/11 retrial</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/germany.trial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/germany.trial/index.html</guid><description>The United States has said it will not let key al Qaeda suspects in its custody testify at the retrial of the only September 11 suspect ever to be convicted.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan sweep nets more suspects</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Security forces in Pakistan have arrested seven more al Qaeda suspects, including two alleged high-level operatives of African origin.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>If You Don't Have Time to Read It ... </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/911book.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/911book.tm/index.html</guid><description>At 567 pages, The 9/11 Commission Report rocketed to the top of Amazon.com's best-seller list last week because it was big news.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan kills tribal leader</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.tribal/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.tribal/index.html</guid><description>A tribal leader accused of harboring al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's western border region was killed Thursday night in a targeted missile strike, along with four other suspected militants, according to Pakistan intelligence sources.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>9/11 panel: Al Qaeda planned to hijack 10 planes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/16/911.commission/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/16/911.commission/index.html</guid><description>One member of the commission investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks says "a number of urban myths about 9/11" will be dispelled on Thursday, the last scheduled hearing for the panel.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defense costs hurt Pakistan shares</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/14/pakistan.budget/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/14/pakistan.budget/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani stocks have plunged in reaction to government plans raise defense spending and impose a tax on share transactions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan arrests nine linked to al Qaeda</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/13/pakistan.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/13/pakistan.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani authorities have arrested nine people linked to al Qaeda who are believed to have been involved in recent attacks in Karachi, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tenet defends Iraq WMD intelligence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/05/tenet.key.points/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/05/tenet.key.points/index.html</guid><description>CIA Director George Tenet on Thursday defended the prewar U.S. intelligence on Iraq, saying the United States needs more time to fully account for Iraq's suspected weapons programs and denying that political pressure bent analysts' conclusions. 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