Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged "mastermind" of the September 11th attacks, is due to face a U.S. military tribunal on Thursday. It will be the first time he will appear in court since he was captured in Pakistan in 2002. NPR's Jackie Northam is heading to Guantanamo Bay later this week to cover the trial, but first she will be a guest in our first hour to talk about his arraignment, and the arraignments of several other detainees. She'll be joined by a General at Guantanamo who will defend the way prisoners there are tried. And we'll hear from the former military lawyer for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, another detainee who's accused of being Osama bin Laden's former driver. At the end of the hour, Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum explains why when honoring those milestone events that happened in the 1960's, we just don't know when to quit. Her column is entitled, The millstone of boomer milestones (enough with the 1968 nostalgia. It's time for boomers to stifle themselves.) Following that, we will pay tribute to singer and guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bo Diddley, who died today at the age of 79.
Lynda Barry will join us at the top of our second hour. She is a cartoonist, playwright, painter, illustrator, commentator and author of "What It Is." While she boosts some enviously numerous commas to describe who she is, she will talk about what exactly is the method of creativity and how it can be accessible to all those who wish to obtain it. After that, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson will explain: what exactly IS Stonehenge?
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