Sept. 11 Defendant Loses Bid to Preserve CIA Black Site

Guantanamo Bay detainee Ammar al Baluchi lost his bid to halt the destruction of a CIA “black site” to aid in his defense, because he failed to show that government-provided digital and photographic representations of the site would be inadequate, the D.C. Circuit ruled.

Al Baluchi faces capital charges related to the planning of the September 11 attacks. He was apprehended in Pakistan in early 2003, and claims that for three years he was held incommunicado at one or more CIA black sites where he was subjected to prolonged torture. This torture renders inadmissible certain incriminating statements that are key ...