Ramzi Binalshibh

A military judge halted a hearing at Guantanamo after defendants accused of the September 11, 2001 attacks complained that the court interpreter had worked in the CIA's secret prisons.

The first open pre-trial hearings with accused 9/11 plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh since the release of a damning Senate report on CIA torture have been postponed until February, officials said.

A US military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that one of the five alleged September 11 plotters, Yemeni Ramzi Binalshibh, should be tried separately.

A lawyer for one of five defendants in the September 11 war crimes tribunal said on Monday that FBI agents questioned a member of his defense team, apparently in an investigation related to the handling of evidence, a revelation that brought an abrupt halt to proceedings.

A military judge halted a hearing at Guantanamo after defendants accused of the September 11, 2001 attacks complained that the court interpreter had worked in the CIA's secret prisons.

The first open pre-trial hearings with accused 9/11 plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh since the release of a damning Senate report on CIA torture have been postponed until February, officials said.

A US military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled that one of the five alleged September 11 plotters, Yemeni Ramzi Binalshibh, should be tried separately.

A lawyer for one of five defendants in the September 11 war crimes tribunal said on Monday that FBI agents questioned a member of his defense team, apparently in an investigation related to the handling of evidence, a revelation that brought an abrupt halt to proceedings.