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9/11 hearing delayed over hacked emails

A judge has delayed an upcoming hearing for five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks due to suspicions that confidential defense emails were monitored, a lawyer said Wednesday. The next preliminary hearing had been set to take place on April 22 at the US military base at Guantanamo. It was now scheduled for June 17-21, according to a Pentagon spokesman. Lawyers for four of the accused had filed an emergency motion with presiding Judge Colonel James Pohl, seeking a delay in proceedings after revelations that defense emails and computer files had been compromised.

Guantanamo defense lawyers want prison camp sleep-over

* Defendants are accused of plotting 9/11 attacks * Harsh pretrial treatment could mitigate their sentence By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U .S. lawyers defending the Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday sought permission to spend 48 hours in the top-secret prison where the alleged al Qaeda conspirators have awaited trial for more than six years.
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