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by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba- From Dec. 2-9, 2017, Medill reporters Oyin Falana and Ricky Zipp spent a week at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for the 26th round of pre-trial hearings for accused mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammad and four other accused 9/11...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
PARIS — Yara Al Hasbani was preparing for a dance recital in her hometown of Damascus in 2014, when her uncle called her and told her to come home. “When I arrived…I heard the voice of my mother screaming so loudly,” she recalled. “Then I...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Dec 12, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The 26th round of pre-trial hearings in the cases of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other co-conspirators concluded Friday with defense attorneys maintaining that the Military Commission has no jurisdiction because...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Dec 8, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Pretrial hearings for five men accused in the 9/11 terrorist attacks focused on one of the men’s financial ties to the plane hijackers and details of his interrogation by the FBI. Walter Ruiz, defense attorney for Mustafa Ahmed al...
by Oyin Falana & Ricky Zipp | Dec 8, 2017 | Featured, GITMO
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE — The defense attorney for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi cross-examined two FBI agents Thursday, questioning their interrogation techniques when they questioned him after his arrest outside the U.S. for allegedly...
