National Briefing | Caribbean: Puerto Rico: Charge Dropped in Terror Case

The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi held at Guántanamo Bay, Cuba, whom prosecutors called the ”20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11 attacks, his military defense lawyer said. The defendant, Mohamed al-Kahtani was charged in February with murder and war crimes in the 2001 attacks. The authorities said Kahtani missed taking part in the attacks because he had been denied entry to the United States. In reviewing the case, the convening authority for military commissions, Susan Crawford, decided to dismiss the charges against Kahtani and proceed with the arraignment for the other five, said Lt. Col. Bryan Broyles of the Army, the Saudi’s military lawyer.