The US war crimes tribunal in Guantánamo Bay is to due to make a landmark ruling later today over whether to allow an alleged al-Qaeda mastermind to testify in public about his torture in secret CIA prisons set up after the September 11 attacks.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of orchestrating the bombing of the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 US sailors, is hoping to speak publicly about his experiences of maltreatment, including simulated drowning and mock executions.
The tribunal’s decision, which comes during two days of pre-trial hearings in the al-Nashiri case, is being seen as a benchmark test of the transparency of America’s controversial military justice system.
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