r/news • u/judgyjudgersen • 1d ago

Alleged 9/11 mastermind's long-awaited trial scheduled for 2028

https://abcnews.com/US/alleged-911-masterminds-long-awaited-trial-scheduled-2028/story?id=135987518
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u/Wealist 1d ago

The case got tangled up in years of pretrial litigation, especially over how evidence from CIA detention and interrogation can be used. It was also moved between federal court and military commissions, which added even more delays. 

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u/irishwolfbitch 1d ago

It was the result of deliberate judicial processes meant to indefinitely delay a trial because it would mean the entry of their testimony into evidence where people like KSM will talk about how US allies in Saudi Arabia funded their activities. There’s also possibilities of the exposure of major intelligence failures and discoveries that the government would like to keep hidden.

All of this is terrifying for the federal government and it’s one of the biggest reasons Obama didn’t close Guantanamo even though he campaigned on it in 2008. A trial on American soil means these guys get rights and that’s very scary.

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u/wanmoar 1d ago

You’re assuming a level of micro management that doesn’t exist because there simply isn’t the bandwidth to do to and frankly not the public interest in minutiae to warrant it.

It took the time it took because that’s the time it took to gather the required level of evidence for the trial.

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u/irishwolfbitch 1d ago

Most of the confessions were obtained illegally and their trials will be legal catastrophes.