9 11恐怖襲擊被告拒絕接受美國指定的律師

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.在星期一舉行審前聽證的第一天，被控謀劃2001年9月11號對美國進行恐怖襲擊的被告之一拒絕一位美國軍方律師為自己辯護。

瓦利德•本•阿塔什抱怨說，他不信任辯護律師，並說美國政府對他的辯護進行壓制。

在古巴關塔那摩灣美國海軍基地主持聽證的法官們還面臨著一個難題，即在多大程度上公開聽證的過程。

記者和證人與被告不在同一個房間。星期一，為記者和證人提供的被告音訊曾一度中斷。沒有人願意透露是誰決定中斷提供音訊，但軍方官員說，中斷音訊的原因可能是防止洩露機密資訊。

美國國防部面臨著來自人權組織和記者的壓力，他們要求對被告進行公開審判。