Bin Laden happy with September 11 toll, war court told (Reuters)
Reuters - Osama bin Laden's driver overheard the al Qaeda leader saying he was happy about the death toll in the September 11 attacks and thought the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was shot down, according to one of the driver's interrogators.

US ties prisoner to 9/11 at Gitmo trial (AP)

Salim Ahmed Hamdan is seen in this undated file photo. The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began Monday, July 21, 2008, with a not guilty plea from Salim Hamdan,a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Photo courtesy of Prof. Neal Katyal/file)AP - A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, a prosecutor said Tuesday as he sought to undercut defense arguments that the Guantanamo prisoner was a low-level employee of the terrorist leader.




9/11 relative fights N.Y. co-op board to keep flag (AP)
AP - A relative of a Sept. 11 victim is fighting his co-op board, which wants him to remove a magnetized American flag from his door.

Nation - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The war crimes trial began at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly 7 years after the 9/11 attacks prompted Pres. Bush to declare war on terrorism. Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, is standing trial on charges of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. He could face life in prison if convicted by a jury of U.S. military officers.

McCain to speak at Sept. 11 forum on volunteerism (AP)

In this July 7, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a campaign town hall-style meeting in Denver (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will speak about the need for public service at a national forum on that topic being held in New York on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.




WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero (AP)

In this Sept. 11, 2007 file photo, representatives of the Fire Dept. of New York, New York City Police Dept. and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Dept, left to right, place flowers in the water of a reflecting pool on the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center site in New York. City officials, who had said 2007 would be the last year families would be allowed into the site, confirmed Friday, July 18, 2008 that the families will now be allowed to descend to the base of the trade center towers this Sept. 11, as in past years. (AP Photo/Justin Sullivan, Pool, File)AP - A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site.




WTC site will be open again to families this 9/11 (AP)

Participants in the U.S. military commission trials of terrorism suspects at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay are ferried to the Camp Justice legal complex and barracks tents at the base July 22, 2008. Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan was so close to al Qaeda's inner circle he knew the target of the fourth hijacked jetliner in the Sept. 11 attacks, a prosecutor said on Tuesday in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen (CUBA)AP - Sept. 11 victims' families will be allowed to return to ground zero to mourn their loved ones on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks, officials said Friday.




Billy Crystal joins 9/11 memorial foundation board (AP)

In this April 6, 2008 file photo, Billy Crystal is shown at the 'Idol Gives Back' fundraising special of 'American Idol' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)AP - Billy Crystal is going to help build the Sept. 11 memorial.




Logistics, secrecy, hamper Guantanamo trials (Reuters)

In this photo reviewed by US military officials, an American flag waves within the razor wire-lined compound of Camp Delta prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba June 27, 2006. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - When accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed grumbled to the U.S. military war tribunal he couldn't get paper or file legal motions with the court, he was told to put his complaints in legal papers and file them with the court.




Ex-NYC worker gets 15 years for 9/11 money theft (AP)
AP - A former medical examiner's office worker was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for stealing at least $9 million, much of it intended to identify victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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