Judge asked to reverse Hamdan ruling

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Prosecutors have asked a U.S. military judge to reconsider his decision to allow Osama bin Laden's former driver to question seven "high-value" detainees.

They include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who allegedly planned the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Capt. Keith Allred, a Navy officer assigned as a military commission judge, ruled last week that Salim Hamdan's lawyers can submit written questions to a security officer not affiliated with the prosecution, The Miami Herald reported. The questions can only cover the time before Hamdan was arrested in November 2001.

Mohammed and the others Hamdan wants to question are among 15 detainees held in a separate highly classified detention center on the Guantanamo naval base. They were previously held at other undisclosed locations outside the United States.

The defense wants to find out how much Mohammed and the others know about Hamdan's part in al-Qaida.