Ammar al Baluchi, who also is known as Ali Abd al Aziz Ali, the nephew of the alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, is shown here at his May 5, 2012 arraignment at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo as an alleged conspirator in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. A Defense Department official reviewed and approved the release of this drawing, by courtroom sketch artist Janet Hamlin. JANET HAMLIN / McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Ammar al Baluchi, who also is known as Ali Abd al Aziz Ali, the nephew of the alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, is shown here posing for a photo for the International Committee of the Red Cross at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo.

Pentagon criminal defense attorney James Connell III, left, is asking the judge to try his clien separately from the others at the Sept. 11 terror trial at Guantanamo. He's Ammar al Baluchi, at right, the nephew of allleged mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.