Defense

Lawyers Sept. 11 suspects want trial halted

Lawyers in the case at Guantanamo Bay are pressing their effort to put proceedings on hold until security problems with a computer network are fixed. The chief ...

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September 19, 2013 10:26 am

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Lawyers in the case at Guantanamo Bay are pressing their effort to put proceedings on hold until security problems with a computer network are fixed. The chief defense counsel for military commissions spent Wednesday testifying about her April order forbidding use of a Pentagon computer network because of apparent security flaws. Air Force Col. Karen Mayberry told the court Wednesday that she lost confidence in the system after large amounts of data were lost and emails from defense lawyers disappeared.