Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep: An accused lieutenant
A native of Malaysia, Mr. Bin Lep has been described by U.S. intelligence as a “key lieutenant” of Mr. Hambali. U.S. officials say his alias, or nom de guerre, is Lillie. He is accused of traveling with his co-defendant Mohammed Farik Bin Amin to Afghanistan in 2000 for jihadist training. Prosecutors say that during that time, Mr. Bin Lep guarded Taliban positions in battles with Northern Alliance forces.
His criminal charges say that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he and Mr. Bin Amin traveled throughout Southeast Asia and conducted surveillance of potential targets for terrorist attacks, including an Israeli airline counter at the Bangkok airport. He is also accused of smuggling weapons in Thailand as part of plotting for post-9/11 attacks. He was captured on the same day as Mr. Hambali outside Bangkok in August 2003 and spent the next three years in C.I.A. prisons.
Mohammed Farik Bin Amin: An accused bagman
Mr. Bin Amin, also a native Malaysian, was captured two months before his co-defendants in Thailand and turned over to the C.I.A., which held him incommunicado until he was transferred to Guantánamo Bay in 2006. U.S. officials say his alias, or nom de guerre, is Zubair. U.S. intelligence has also called him a “key lieutenant” of Mr. Hambali who trained in Afghanistan, scouted potential targets with Mr. Bin Lep and was a go-between who received about $50,000 in Bangkok that was eventually used to fund the Marriott bombing.
The charges say that Mr. Bin Amin and Mr. Bin Lep spent several months before the Sept. 11 attacks at a guesthouse in Afghanistan that was run by Mr. Hambali and that both men met with Osama bin Laden and agreed to take part in unrealized suicide operations aimed at American targets.
The Prosecutors
The lead prosecutor in the case is Col. George C. Kraehe of the Army, a lawyer from the national security division of the Justice Department who was mobilized to serve as a war court prosecutor. Other team members include Maj. Imelda U. Antonio of the Air Force; Lt. Col. Joshua S. Bearden and Capt. Marcus J. Colicelli of the Army; and Lt. Patrick R. Rigney and Lt. Jeffrey M. Larson of the Navy.
The Defense Teams
The chief defense counsel is Brig. Gen. Jackie L. Thompson Jr. of the Army.
Mr. Hambali is represented by James R. Hodes, a civilian who serves as lead counsel with Cmdr. Eric S. Nelson and Lt. Ryan Hirschler of the Navy; Lt. Col. Geoffrey S. DeWeese of the Army; Maj. Cristina D. Curl of the Air Force; and David Akerson, a civilian.
Mr. Bin Lep is represented by Brian Bouffard, a civilian who serves as lead counsel and previously served in the Navy as a lawyer, with Maj. Jason Cordova of the Air Force; Lt. Jennifer Joseph of the Navy; and Aaron Shepard, a civilian.
