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9-11恐怖袭击被告拒绝接受美国指定的律师 Terror Suspect Rejects US-Appointed Lawyer

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29 January, 2013

在星期一举行审前听证的第一天，被控谋划2001年9月11号对美国进行恐怖袭击的被告之一拒绝一位美国军方律师为自己辩护。

瓦利德•本•阿塔什抱怨说，他不信任辩护律师，并说美国政府对他的辩护进行压制。

在古巴关塔那摩湾美国海军基地主持听证的法官们还面临着一个难题，即在多大程度上公开听证的过程。

记者和证人与被告不在同一个房间。星期一，为记者和证人提供的被告音频曾一度中断。没有人愿意透露是谁决定中断提供音频，但军方官员说，中断音频的原因可能是防止泄露机密信息。

美国国防部面临着来自人权组织和记者的压力，他们要求对被告进行公开审判。

One of the accused masterminds of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001 fired one of his military lawyers on the first day of pretrial hearings Monday.

Walid bin Attash complained that he does not trust his attorneys, and said the government is stifling his defense.

Judges presiding at the hearings, held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are also struggling with questions about how much of the proceedings should be made public.

Reporters and witnesses are not in the same room as the defendants. The audio feed to them went silent unexpectedly at one point Monday. No one would say who authorized the interruption, but military officials say audio may have been cut to prevent anyone from hearing classified information.

The Pentagon is under pressure from human-rights groups and journalists for a open trial.