New delay hits 9/11 case at Guantanamo
Source: Associated Press
New delay hits 9/11 case at Guantanamo
By BEN FOX, Associated Press | December 19, 2013 | Updated: December 19, 2013 3:07pm
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A military judge on Thursday ordered a mental competency evaluation for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attacks who has repeatedly disrupted pretrial proceedings in recent days, freezing preparations for a trial that has already been plagued by delays.
The request for an evaluation by government doctors of Ramzi Binalshibh came at the request of prosecutors, and over the objections of his defense team, who say a psychiatrist previously determined the defendant does not suffer from a psychiatric disorder.
Binalshibh has been ejected from a pretrial hearing four times this week as he refused orders from the judge to stop trying to address the court about what he says are efforts by guards to keep him awake at night by making banging sounds and vibrations in his cell inside Camp 7, the top secret section of the U.S. base in Cuba where he is held with four co-defendants in the Sept. 11 case.
"This is torture. You have to stop the sleep deprivation and the noises," Binalshibh said at one point as he was being led out of the courtroom during this week's proceedings.
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