Most of the afternoon-long hearing before U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington, which is expected to last several days, is classified. But in brief public opening statements that Gul observed by videoconference from Cuba, U.S. prosecutors said they would introduce in secret session his own purported statements to U.S. interrogators and those of an individual he allegedly worked alongside as a “courier and facilitator” for al-Qaeda.

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2021 00:09 UTC