Only two of the five defendants made it to court for the second day of the week-long hearing. Mohammed, Saudi defendant Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Pakistani national Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali — Mohammed’s nephew — all stayed away.
Presiding judge Army Colonel James Pohl ruled on Monday that the defendants did not have to attend the hearing every day this week, although he said they would have to attend their formal trial and may need to attend future hearings.
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