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Guantanamo Bay: The man accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks has complained about the US military court in which he is standing trial.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammad said he couldn’t understand why his mail had been opened or why he was not allowed to see secret evidence against him.
It was the second time he had appeared at the military court in Guantanamo Bay. In his first hearing on June 5 he expressed a desire to be martyred.
This time he was given permission to represent himself in court.
Khalid Shaikh was one of five accused men who were appearing to be questioned about why they had chosen to abandon military lawyers for the trial.
Mohammad complained that legal papers he had been opened, that he had trouble getting paper to write on and that documents were not translated into Arabic.
After the hearing, a Pentagon spokesman measures were now in place "to ensure filings and legal mail to and from the court is handled appropriately and efficiently."
However, he was also told by the judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann he will not be able to see classified documents if he chooses to act as his own lawyer.
Kohlmann added that it was a “bad idea” to reject a military lawyer as only lawyers with security clearance would have access to classified files.
The judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, told Mohammed that was one reason that rejecting
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