Jury selection in the trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, has been postponed for a week by Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan so that his lawyers can give written questions to top al Qaeda figure Khalid Sheik Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay.
With jury selection initially scheduled for Feb. 24, defense lawyer Stanley Cohen had asked Kaplan for a 45-day extension to get answers from Mohammed, whom he believes can provide testimony that would exculpate Abu Ghayth from allegedly conspiring to kill Americans, and from providing material support and resources to terrorists and the government.
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