Self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad attends pretrial hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 16, 2014 in this Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin
FORT MEADE Md. - Attorneys for five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks asked a military judge on Monday to order a hearing into what they called FBI intrusions into their confidential communications with their clients.
The defence attorneys say the FBI secretly questioned at least four members of their support staff. They are threatening to withdraw from the case, saying the FBI might have impaired their ability to represent their clients without a conflict of interest.
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