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August 20, 2013

U.S. Agents Defend Questioning of 9/11 Suspect at Guantánamo Hearing 
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At Guantánamo Bay, pre-trial proceedings have resumed for five
prisoners accused of aiding the September 11 attacks. On Monday, two
federal agents defended the interrogation methods used on one of the
prisoners, Mustafa al-Hawsawi, claiming that even though they spoke to
him in English, and his primary language was Arabic, he understood them
and knew that he could stop talking at any time. The Guantánamo
defendants include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the purported mastermind of
9/11. All five men say they were tortured at secret CIA prisons.

 

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