Guantanamo Bay: New Developments

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It’s a body blow to military prosecutors.

Late Friday, a military judge overseeing the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay ruled in favor of the defendants. The alleged confession of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described architect of 9/11, cannot be used at trial because of torture, or what the CIA called “enhanced interrogation tactics.”

If prosecutors appeal, it could further delay the 9/11 trial. Only this week, a quarter century after nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered, was a June 2028 trial date announced.

If the trial actually proceeds, only four of the five defendants remain. One of the 9/11 defendants has already been found not mentally competent to stand trial.

The legacy of the 9/11 case, and a precursor attack on the USS Cole in October 2000, illustrates how both Republican and Democratic administrations have failed the families.

I’ve known many mothers and fathers who lost adult children in these terrorist attacks and died before seeing justice in a military or federal court.

And beyond the human cost is the extraordinary bill paid by American taxpayers for housing and prosecuting the Al-Qaeda defendants.

DEEP DIVE: GUANTANAMO

The ballpark figure for running the war-on-terror detention camps and the military trials at Guantanamo Bay is…

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