GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A military judge has turned down a bid to halt a pretrial hearing in the Sept. 11 terrorism case at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Marine Col. Keith Parrella ruled the weeklong hearing should continue despite objections raised by defense lawyers about the questioning by the FBI of a paralegal who previously worked for one of the defense teams.
Authorities have not revealed why the paralegal was questioned in Texas last month. Defense lawyers feared it may have violated attorney-client confidentiality in the Sept. 11 case. Parrella said Monday that no defense team members are under investigation.
Five Guantanamo prisoners were charged in May 2012 before a military commission with planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. No trial date has been set.
