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PRE-TRIAL AGREEMENT – v – PLEA DEAL

After attending six weeks of pre-trial hearings for the 9/11 detainees currently held in the detention center at the Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a crucial term pertaining to the cases regarding Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM), Walid bin Attash (WBA), and Mustafa Ahmed Hawsawi (MAH), has become a focal point of confusion among Victim Family […]

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IT’S A GO!

January 5, 2025 Thursday, January 2, VFM’s (Victim’s Family Members) received a cautionary email from the Victim Witness Specialist, Will Andreu from the Office of Military Commissions, recommending that we do not begin travel to Andrew’s AFB, MD until Friday afternoon. Additonally, if we have not heard from the office prior to our departure, to […]

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AS THE CLOCK UNWINDS, A DECISION ON THE JAN 6-17 9/11 PTA ENTRIES HEDGES ON THE BALANCE

January 1, 2025 2025 begins by ringing in the New Year with family in the south eastern corner of PA, idoling 100 miles from Andrew’s Air Force Base, after boarding my dog and driving 430 miles from Burlington Vermont. This first box on the calendar finds me checking email periodically for a notice from the […]

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Peace on Earth

Holiday tidings to my writing, support, justice, and 9/11 family members for your readership and engagement. Praise to the ancestors’ eternal lanterns. You are the light and the gift.

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9/11 PRE-TRIAL HEARINGS: BRIEFING WITH THE DEFENSE – GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, CUBA

11/13/2024 – (Wednesday, 5-7:00 PM) Members of defense counsel present: Gary Sowards (Lead Learned Counsel – Khalid Shaikh Mohammad/KSM); Maj. Mike Leahy (Learned Counsel, Air Force – KSM); Matthew Engle (Lead Civilian Learned Counsel – Walid bin Attash/WBA); Marian D. Messing (Mil. Def. Counsel, Army – WBA); Suzanne Lachelier (Learned Counsel – Mustafa Al Hawsawi […]

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