Carol Rosenberg

By GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Prosecutors portrayed the prisoners as unrepentant jihadis who bragged about their roles in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

The trip comes as the Trump administration pushes for political and economic changes on the island.

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He spent nearly 14 years in U.S. custody and never had a day in court even as his deteriorating health drew scrutiny.

A possible expert witness was hurried off a video feed after an emergency alert in Dubai, just south of the Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war.

Prosecutors had asked for an earlier start. The judge has not yet ruled on several issues related to the defendants’ torture in C.I.A. prisons.

Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

In a major blow to the U.S. case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, the military judge rules his confessions were not voluntary.

The military’s lawyers said they feared an appeal could delay the trial of the man accused of masterminding the attacks, which is scheduled to start in mid-2028.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba -- A few years ago, relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks began leaving messages at a monument in Guantánamo Bay near the courtroom built