United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. or KSM II is the military commission prosecution of five alleged al-Qaeda members accused of orchestrating the September 11, 2001, attacks. Although initial charges were announced at the Pentagon in February, 2008, the case was refiled in 2011 following a failed attempt to transfer the prosecution to civilian court. The accused are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi and Mustafa al-Hawsawi; bin al-Shibh's case was later severed due to competency issues. The proceedings are held before a U.S. military commission at the Expeditionary Legal Complex in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In 2009, the Obama administration planned to transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, but the transfer was effectively barred by congressional restrictions enacted in the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. The defendants were arraigned in Guantanamo Bay on May 5, 2012. As of 2026, the...

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