He added that Cain testified in closed session that he was following orders during the September 11 incident.
A bombing raid on a U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen on October 12, 2000 killed 17 sailors.
This shackling issue is the first torture-related issue facing the new Cole judge, Colonel Fitzgerald. Last year, a former judge rejected Nasiri's 2007 confession at Guantanamo, saying it was tainted by the brutal treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo's overseas prison network. He was held at a CIA black site from 2002 to 2006.
Nasiri was waterboarded, tied up naked and shackled in painful “pressure positions” by psychologists working as CIA contractors, and was subjected to threats and violence, including rectal abuse, from CIA agents. A court-ordered military medical evaluation found he suffered from complex post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other symptoms as a result of the abuse.
Commander Piett, who has been representing Ms. Nasiri longer than other members of the current defense team, said the reinstatement of shackles has affected the inmate's ability to communicate with his lawyers due to “cognitive changes” caused by PTSD. said that it was damaged. Commander Piett said that to effectively represent Mr. Nasiri, “we need to trust an American lawyer, an American lawyer who looks like me.”
Although still murky, prison issues emerged earlier this year after all four defendants in the September 11 attacks, including the alleged mastermind of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, failed to appear for weeks of pretrial hearings. It only came to the surface when I made the choice. . Although they have the right to voluntarily abstain from attending the trial before it actually begins, they are essentially boycotting the trial.
In court last month, Mr. Muhammad's attorney, Denny LeBoeuf, told the judge, Col. Matthew N. I experienced it,” he protested. That is unprecedented in my experience. ” She has been working on this case since 2008.
