18 years later, a trial date is set for 9/11 masterminds — in 2021
by Jerry Dunleavy
| September 11, 2019 12:33 PM
In the 18 years since al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into both World Trade Center buildings, the side of the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people, those responsible have yet to face trial.
But after multiple iterations of military commissions, battles over classified information, and allegations of torture, the death penalty trial for the 9/11 mastermind and its additional plotters has finally been set: January 2021. The military jury selection will begin eight months before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, described as “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks†in the 9/11 Commission Report and a close ally of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, will be on trial alongside four others accused of facilitating the terrorist plot.
Air Force Col. W. Shane Cohen, presiding over the military commissions proceedings, announced at the end of August that the trial would begin Jan. 11, 2021.
“Our client, this nation, deserves a reckoning,†prosecutor Edward Ryan told the judge in July.
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