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9/11 suspect asks again to fire his lawyers in Guantanamo trial
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:55pm EST
9/11 suspect asks again to fire his lawyers in Guantanamo trial
FORT MEADE, MD. | BY LACEY JOHNSON
A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay moved to fire his attorneys for a second time on Tuesday, delaying a pre-trial hearing for five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Suspected al Qaeda training camp leader Walid bin Attash told Judge Army Colonel James Pohl he did not trust two of his three court-appointed lawyers.
“The problem is that the attorneys became the enemy,” bin Attash said through an interpreter at the military tribunal. “I cannot work with someone who cheats me.”
In October, Pohl denied a request by bin Attash to fire Cheryl Bormann, his attorney in the death penalty case, saying he failed to show good cause.
Bin Attash had said he did not trust Bormann, a Chicago lawyer who has represented him since 2011. He also voiced frustration that his attorneys have not been able to resolve complaints about conditions at the prison.
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9/11 suspect asks again to fire his lawyers in Guantanamo trial
FORT MEADE, MD. | BY LACEY JOHNSON
A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay moved to fire his attorneys for a second time on Tuesday, delaying a pre-trial hearing for five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Suspected al Qaeda training camp leader Walid bin Attash told Judge Army Colonel James Pohl he did not trust two of his three court-appointed lawyers.
“The problem is that the attorneys became the enemy,” bin Attash said through an interpreter at the military tribunal. “I cannot work with someone who cheats me.”
In October, Pohl denied a request by bin Attash to fire Cheryl Bormann, his attorney in the death penalty case, saying he failed to show good cause.
Bin Attash had said he did not trust Bormann, a Chicago lawyer who has represented him since 2011. He also voiced frustration that his attorneys have not been able to resolve complaints about conditions at the prison.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guantanamo-idUSKCN0VP2DR
