One of the men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks was removed from a US military court on Tuesday after making an outburst about a secret CIA prison. Yemeni defendant Ramzi Binalshibh, accused of helping the hijackers enter the United States and of financing the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, was ejected from a pre-trial hearing at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp on the judge's orders.
His
removal came shortly after Binalshibh's lawyer suggested that guards at
the US military prison in Cuba were deliberately depriving his client
of sleep.
"He
could not sleep at all last night because of the noise he is exposed
to," said Navy Lieutenant Commander Kevin Bogucki. "He is too tired to
pay attention."
