Plea discussions launched in stalled 9/11 case at Guantanamo

By BEN FOX
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors have initiated discussions on a potential plea agreement to resolve the long-stalled case of five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who have been charged with planning and providing assistance for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The discussions, which attorneys for one defendant said Tuesday were “ongoing,” are a significant development in a case that has been mired in pre-trial litigation at the U.S. base in Cuba for nearly a decade.