Guantanamo prisoner seeks to attend pre-trial talks on secret evidence

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A prisoner accused of directing the deadly bombing of a U.S. warship should be allowed to hear pre-trial discussions of secret evidence in the death penalty case against him, defence lawyers in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal argued on Wednesday.

Trial rules ensure that Saudi defendant Abd al Rahim al Nashiri can be in the courtroom during all of the actual trial and hear all the evidence put before the jury of U.S. military officers who will eventually decide his guilt or innocence.