Pentagon Files Charges, Press Goes Nuts

Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 8:22:28 am PST

The Pentagon is filing charges against six of the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: US to seek death penalty in 9/11 case.

As I write, the Washington press corps is relentlessly grilling the Pentagon spokesman about waterboarding and torture, asking the same questions over and over. Of course.

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is charging six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America, and will seek the death penalty.

Military prosecutors will ask for the death penalty for the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, according to a second official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges had not been announced.

Among those held at Guantanamo is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the attack six years ago in which hijacked planes were flown into buildings in New York and Washington. Five others are expected to be named in sworn charges.

“The department has been working diligently to prepare cases and bring charges against a number of individuals who have been involved in some of the most grievous acts of violence and terror against the United States and our allies,” Whitman said.