September 11

Attorney for Osama bin Laden's kin girds for 'good fight'

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court on Wednesday.

Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 1, 2013

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.

Wreckage found in Manhattan was from 9/11 plane, Boeing says

Reuters | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Boeing Co. said it was confident that a piece of aircraft, found wedged between two buildings in lower Manhattan recently, came from one of two airplanes that struck the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York City

Associated Press | Saturday April 27, 2013

A rusted 5-foot (1.5-meter)-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque ...

We will find you, Barack Obama tells Boston bombers

Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 18, 2013

US President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday that the Boston marathon bombers would be found and held "accountable" as investigators focused their efforts on two potential suspects.

Barack Obama to visit Boston amid search for suspect seen on video

Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2013

President Barack Obama was due to visit Boston on Thursday to attend a memorial service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing amid a manhunt for a suspect seen on video taken before two blasts struck near the finish line on Monday.

'Indisputable' that US practiced torture after 9/11: panel

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 17, 2013

It is "indisputable" that the United States engaged in torture after the September 11, 2001 attacks and top officials are ultimately to blame, according to an independent review released on Tuesday.

After Boston Marathon blasts investigators hunt for clues

Reuters | Tuesday April 16, 2013

Investigators on Tuesday searched for the person or group responsible for planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in the worst bomb attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law lawyers may seek to move trial out of New York City

Reuters | Tuesday April 9, 2013

A lawyer for a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden said on Monday that he may try to move his client's trial out of New York, saying he was concerned about having the proceedings in the city that saw the greatest destruction from the attacks of September 1...

French mother on trial for son's 9/11 T-shirt

Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 7, 2013

A mother on trial in southern France has defended herself for dressing her three-year-old son in a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Born on September 11."

Guantanamo defendants' legal documents were seized, say lawyers

Reuters | Thursday February 14, 2013

Guards rifled through defendants' cells and seized their confidential legal documents while the accused were in the courtroom listening to assurances that no one reads their private attorney-client mail, defence lawyers charged on Thursday.

Hidden mike revealed at Guantanamo meeting room

Associated Press | Wednesday February 13, 2013

A senior official for the Guantanamo Bay prison said under questioning on Tuesday that the government had placed a hidden microphone inside a meeting room but that he was assured it was not used to monitor the private conversations that prisoners hav...

Hearing for 9-11 suspects halted to prevent eavesdropping

Reuters | Tuesday February 12, 2013

A pretrial hearing for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks was halted on Monday so technicians could tinker with courtroom microphones to prevent eavesdropping on confidential attorney-client conversations.

Hillary Clinton defends her actions before and after Libya attack

Michael R. Gordon, The New York Times | Thursday January 24, 2013

In one of her final appearances as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday vigorously defended her handling of the September 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans and prompted a scat...

Hillary Clinton chokes up as she defends handling of Benghazi attack

Reuters | Wednesday January 23, 2013

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton choked up on Wednesday as she defended her handling of the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi, an event that threatens to stain her legacy and any presidential hopes she may still...