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"Hurdles Seen as Capital Charges Are Filed in 9/11 Case"

"Hurdles Seen as Capital Charges Are Filed in 9/11 Case": This article appears today in The New York Times, along with a news analysis headlined "Trial's Focus to Suit Bush."

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that "Capital Charges Are Filed in 9/11 Trials."

The Washington Post contains a front page article headlined "U.S. to Try 6 On Capital Charges Over 9/11 Attacks; New Evidence Gained Without Coercive Tactics."

The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined "9/11 suspects may face death penalty; The Pentagon brings murder and conspiracy charges against six detainees accused of plotting the attacks" and "A wary hold on 9/11 trials; The Pentagon is bound by tightened rules in prosecuting detainees." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Out of order: Evidence obtained through waterboarding would taint the 9/11 trials -- and our nation."

In The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that "Prosecutors seek death penalty for six al Qaeda captives" and "Pentagon scrambling to line up 9/11 defense." And last week, she had articles headlined "'Platinum' captives in off-limits camp; The Pentagon has placed its newest camp strictly out of bounds for both media and military defense attorneys" and "New court could try 6 terror suspects at once."

In The Christian Science Monitor, Warren Richey reports that "U.S. charges six to start 9/11 military trials; They're the first to be tried in Guantanamo's war court for direct ties to plot."

In The New York Sun, Joseph Goldstein reports that "'Guantanamo Six' Should Be Tried in N.Y., Some Say." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "The Guantanamo Six."

And USA Today reports that "U.S. prosecutors to seek death penalty for six; Alleged Sept. 11 plotter among suspects charged."

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).