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They can be tortured and held without evidence (charged or uncharged) indefinitely in military prisons. Habeas and other constitutional protections are denied.
Those charged are guilty by accusation. Presidents have diktat power to try suspects in military commissions or detain them indefinitely uncharged. On March 1, 2003, KSM was arrested in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Some believe it was a year earlier in Karachi.
Over 10 years later, his trial is tentatively scheduled to begin next year. It may be delayed further. Torture extracted evidence against him and co-defendants will be used. Throughout their detention, they were isolated with no counsel. KSM was horrifically treated.
He was isolated at black sites for over two years. He spent time at Afghanistan's "Dark Prison" near Kabul International Airport. It's infamous for its pitch darkness and brutalizing torture.
He was also held in a facility north of Kabul called the "Salt Pit." One detainee was stripped naked and left chained to the floor in freezing temperatures to die.
In Afghanistan, KSM was hog-tied, stripped naked, hooded, and tortured. He was kept in a prolonged state of sensory deprivation for months. He was waterboarded over 180 times.
He was chained naked to a metal ring in his cell in a painful crouch in intense heat and extreme cold. He was also bombarded with deafening sounds round the clock for weeks.
He was thrown against walls forcefully. The procedure is called walling. At other times, he was suspended from the ceiling by his arms so his toes barely touched the ground.
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