NY trial for key terror suspects
Published:Friday | November 13, 2009 | 1:47 PM
The man said to be behind the 9/11 attacks in the United States is to be sent from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre to New York for trial in a civilian court.
Anonymous US government officials say Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be transferred from the US prison camp in Cuba with four other suspects.
They say US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce the decision later.
The US military says Mr Mohammed has admitted to planning the 9/11 attacks.
Mohammed, who is believed to be the number three al-Qaeda leader, was captured in Pakistan in March 2003.
He told a pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo in December 2008 that he wanted to plead guilty to all charges against him.
But intelligence memos released earlier this year revealed that he had been subjected to harsh interrogation techniques since his capture - potentially rendering some evidence inadmissible.