Judge orders sanity evaluation for accused 9/11 conspirator

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Judge orders sanity evaluation for accused 9/11 conspirator

BY TOM RAMSTACK
FORT MEADE, Maryland Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:54am EST

(Reuters) - A U.S. military tribunal judge on Thursday called a temporary halt to hearings for five men accused of conspiring in the September 11, 2001, attacks to allow time to evaluate the sanity of a suspect whose disruptive outbursts have caused him to repeatedly be removed from the courtroom.

That suspect, 41-year-old Yemeni Ramzi Binalshibh, was ordered out of the proceedings on Tuesday and Wednesday for shouting about "torture" and a "secret CIA prison."

U.S. Army Colonel Judge James Pohl said he planned to convene a military sanity board to assess whether Binalshibh's mental health is adequate for him to participate in his own legal defense.

"Until this is completed, there will be no further open hearings in this case," Pohl said in a hearing at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, which was viewed by Reuters in a closed-circuit broadcast at the Fort Meade, Maryland, army base.

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[libodem]

1. Wonder if he has been driven insane?

Or if he had a major mental illness prior to his indeterminate detention?


I'd be a raving lunatic in 3 weeks.