Al Qaeda suspects want laptops, video software to use in cells

By Tim Mak
Published October 25, 2013 4:00am ET



GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is clearly not a Mac person.

The self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11 is requesting that he be given a “Microsoft-enabled laptop computer” for use during his trial for war crimes, which is now underway. The ideal laptop would have features such as Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, LexisNexis and Adobe Premiere video-editing software, the defense argued.

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