by Oyin Falana | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY – The World Trade Center towers collapsing as planes crashed into them was front and center during the second day of pre-trial hearings Tuesday for alleged 9/11 orchestrator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators....
by Oyin Falana | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The majority of the first day of pre trial hearings Monday for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused conspirators focused around what a defense attorney referred to as a “mystery motion” involving the...
by Oyin Falana | Dec 4, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY — The 26th round of pre-trial hearings for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused orchestrator of the Sept 11th attack, and four other accused conspirators will begin Monday at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Attorneys for Ammar al Baluchi,...
by Oyin Falana | Nov 8, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske Wednesday pushed Congress for funding to improve airport security by adding new X-ray measurement technology to better detect explosive devices. “To invest in the CT (computed tomography) technology...
by Oyin Falana | Nov 1, 2017 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Despite this week’s $60 million pledge from the State Department, members of the Group of Five Sahel States appealed for additional support Wednesday from the U.S. and other countries, saying the fight against terrorism in the West Africa region is...