9/11 Suspects Still Haven’t Faced A Trial

The five accused 9/11 co-conspirators observe pretrial hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Aug. 19, 2013. Janet Hamlin Illustration

VOA: 5 Suspects in US 9/11 Attacks Still Await Trial

In the United States, the wheels of justice sometimes grind slowly, but the case against five suspects who allegedly played pivotal roles in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. has lingered at a snail's pace.

Fifteen years or more after their apprehension, the five accused terrorists remain jailed at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo, Cuba. For a variety of reasons, U.S. authorities do not anticipate their trials will start any sooner than some time in 2020, and then could take several years to conclude.

The legal proceedings have been extraordinarily complex, with defense lawyers — a mix of civilian and military attorneys — filing hundreds of motions questioning the conduct of U.S. authorities in their apprehension, then detention and treatment of the suspects, first at secret sites in Thailand and Poland, and subsequently at Guantanamo.

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Update: Why these 9/11 monsters still haven’t faced a trial (Max Jaeger, NYPost)

WNU Editor: I will be surprised if they do face a trial in the next decade.

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