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           2nd Hearing for Terror Suspects to Open at Guantanamo Bay

   by VOA News

   A second pretrial hearing in the case against the alleged masterminds
   of the 2001 terror attacks on the United States begins Monday at the
   U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

   The hearings will determine if the defendants can get a fair trial.

   Lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others will continue
   arguing that the case should be thrown out. They contend that U.S.
   government agents gained confessions from the suspects through illegal
   torture.

   Government prosecutors will argue that the methods used to obtain
   confessions were proper. They will also try to preserve the secrecy of
   the so-called "black sites" where the suspects were taken when they
   were arrested.

   Judges will also consider a motion whether to call top government
   officials to testify, including former U.S. President George W. Bush.

   The suspects are facing nearly 3,000 counts of murder arising from the
   attacks on September 11, 2001, on New York City and Washington.
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