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Where Could The 9/11 Terrorist Trials Go Next?, Gregory L. Rose, Anthony Bergin Jan 2012

Where Could The 9/11 Terrorist Trials Go Next?, Gregory L. Rose, Anthony Bergin

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The criminal trials of the 9/11 terrorists may finally be coming to the punch line. Last Friday, the criminal trial of the architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, together with four others commenced in the Military Commission at Guantánamo Bay.

Yet this might be another variation on previous suspended prosecutions. In February 2008, criminal charges were first pressed against Khalid Sheik and his alleged co-conspirators in the Military Commission under the administration of president George W Bush. The trial began in June 2008. Five months later the accused indicated that they would plead guilty.

In January 2009, …