Lawyers' emails 'monitored' over 9/11

The email accounts of lawyers representing five men accused of plotting September 11th were monitored, according to the chief defence lawyer.

Email accounts monitored from September 11th Alfredo Cerra

The claim was made by Colonel Karen Mayberry, chief defence counsel, at a preliminary hearing at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. She also said that 'hundreds of thousands' of files went missing from a computer network through which the defence lawyers communicated with each other, according to The Sun Daily. The defence are seeking to have the proceedings frozen as a result of these alleged violations.The five men face the death penalty if they are convicted of involvement in the attacks on 11 September 2001.

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