A new 9/11 Conspiracy? Who cut the audio feed during the trial of the 5 men accused of plotting the September 11 terrorist attacks? <br /><br />The trial of five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks on the United States has run into controversy.<br /><br />Although most of the trial is being held publicly, U.S. security officials have made it clear that some information will be kept secret.<br /><br />An officer sits near the judge and controls a button that muffles the audio feed, when secret information is disclosed.<br /><br />But now the judge, Army Colonel James Pohl, says someone outside the courtroom silenced the audio feed.<br /><br />[James Connell, Defense Lawyer]:<br />"The judge certainly expressed surprise that someone other than the court security officer had pressed the button."<br /><br />According to the Reuters news agency, the issue rests on the controversial practice of extraordinary rendition, as well as evidence obtained through torture.<br /><br />The defense lawyer requested that secret CIA prisons, where the defendants claim they were tortured, be preserved as evidence. The sound was then abruptly cut.<br /><br />The five defendants are accused of training and aiding the hijackers who slammed commercial jetliners into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001.<br /><br />If convicted of charges that include terrorism, attacking civilians and murdering nearly 3,000 people, they could face execution.<br /><br />The Obama administration has made it clear that U.S. policy on interrogation techniques has now been changed, and no longer permits any form of torture.<br /><br />For more news and videos visit ☛ http://ntd.tv<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C
